The Hello World Confidence Paradox

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The Hello World Confidence Paradox

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Getting your first "Hello World" program to run is the programming equivalent of making a bowl of cereal and thinking you're ready to open a restaurant. The confidence surge is astronomical. One minute you're figuring out how to print text, the next you're mentally preparing your TED talk on revolutionizing software engineering. The sheer audacity of declaring yourself a coding genius after the absolute bare minimum achievement is what makes this profession both hilarious and terrifying.

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