How you may be tricked by the Dunning-Kruger effect
Note: This blog was originally posted on Softwaremill’s blog Photo by Vivek Doshi on Pexels “Assumption is the mother of all failures” I’m pretty sure that you have heard this sentence. Today I’m going to show you one of the assumptions, that we have made and still believe in. Being aware of this bias can become handy in your everyday work, especially when you’re dealing with hiring new people to your team. Do you recognize this chart? Yes, it's known as the Dunning-Kruger effect in IT (and not only :) ). It is not precise, it's only an assumption about a complex topic and I will explain to you why. What assumption have we made? From the above chart, we can assume that people who start their careers tend to be cocky and feel Godlike. The sad part is, that many of us think like that. I’ve heard so many times that only juniors can be affected by the Dunning-Kruger effect. You know because seniors always know when they are wrong :). That’s forc