Good enough to make my own things or mod things.

But not good enough to get a job as a programmer.

1/10 in python. I took a college course or two and enjoyed it.

I think my job requires me to work in too many different areas. So although I can work in several languages and dev stacks, I am probably only a 2 or 3 or less out of 5 in all of them. However, network and server infrastructure, and cybersec/opsec I am probably more in the realm of a 4-4.5.

I'd say average.

In every project and in every team, I end up being strong because I fix the hard stuff. I debug better and I deliver mostly bug free code. My code is more efficient and performant than my coworkers most of the time.

That's gotta count for something.

Imposter syndrome is good for me. Keeps me learning.

I have no fear of implementing anything I'm asked to in typescript go rust java c# f# or nix... They're all the same tool just kinda different in some places.

I’ve been using Scala professionally for 3 years. I don’t know what I’m doing most of the time because we have a ton of implicites and monads and extension methods. I just know the general idea and can get where I want by reading types.

I’ve been creating a language for fun for nearly 6 years. I often don’t know what’s going on under the hood because it’s somewhat complex. I think this is normal for every language. You don’t have to know everything to be able to use it. You don’t have to write blog posts once a week about the language subtleties you found.

Even the creators of languages don't know their own languages 100%. I wouldn't even call them the limit. So, I'm good enough in my main language that a lot of code doesn't surprise me. And I try very hard to write code that others can understand as well when in a team.

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