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

  • @Professorozone
    9•1 month ago

    A one out of ten. I consider myself the world’s second worst programmer.

      • @istoff
        7•1 month ago

        Odds are the worst one is still using Twitter.

      • @Professorozone
        1•1 month ago

        You mean the worst? I don’t know. I’m just hopeful that I’m not actually the worst. Fingers crossed.

      • @Professorozone
        3•1 month ago

        Nope. I’m just that bad. I feel like I have a logical mind but it just seems like the command don’t do what I think they will, won’t operate on a certain type of variable or Holy crap I forgot a friggin space or semi-colon or something.

        Languages in order of proficiency: C++ HTML/CSS Matlab Basic Fortran (1 class taken)

        But when I say proficient I seriously mean looking stuff up on the internet for every single line. And I haven’t used Basic in decades.