Do you ever feel confident in your skills?

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Published on 2008-10-08T18:56:41Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 4:21 UTC
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As a self taught developer i always find myself questioning my skill and knowledge and always feel like i am falling behind in using new technology. Over a period of nearly 9 years i've studied most mainstream languages (especially C based ones), used lots of different OSes, read and absorbed many books and even written one myself. But i still feel i'm usless!

Do professional developers ever get to the stage where they feel confident that they know what they are doing and are confident when submitting solutions/code?

When do you know you're good enough?

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