Hi,

My question certainly stems from the imposter syndrome that I am living right now for no good reason, but when looking to resolve some issues for embedded C problems, I come across a lot of post from people that have a deep understanding of the language and how a mcu works at machine code level.

When I read these posts, I do understand what the author is saying, but it really makes me feel like I should know more about what’s happening under the hood.

So my question is this : how do you rate yourself in your most used language? Do you understand the subtilities and the nuance of your language?

I know this doesn’t necessarily makes me a bad firmware dev, but damn does it makes me feel like it when I read these posts.

I get that this is a subjective question without any good responses, but I’d be interested in hearing about different experiences in the hope of reducing my imposter syndrome.

Thanks

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    23 days ago

    how do you rate yourself in your most used language?

    I know things that no human should have to carry the knowledge of

    Do you understand the subtilities and the nuance of your language?

    My soul is scarred by the nuanced minutia of many an RFC.

    in the hope of reducing my imposter syndrome.

    There’s but two types in software - those who have lived to see too much…and those who haven’t…yet.