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Socratic wisdom, the more you know, the more you know you don't know. It's not modesty, it's probably a mixture of respect and fear of the unknown and how it might be knocking on your door some day.
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philcr30568yI never declare to be an expert because someone in the wings is always ready to shoot you down( normally because they have read a white paper you haven't)
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philcr30568y@Spee I normally start looking for holes in what they say, and more specifically a way to shoot them down. Expert shooting is a sport in our office.
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acher1188y@sheeponmeth and to that point Confucius also said "True wisdom is knowing what you don't know".
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im on the same boat. what are some of the things you feel like you don't know? i'm still on php. gonna try pdo and getting good at that. php beginner so i have been doing functional.
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keep thinking you're awesome but take in count that there's a really big amount of stuff you have to learn. sometimes is depressing so instead think positive
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