It’s good that most people don’t have such arrogance, because it would be unjustified. Don’t strive for confidence, strive for calibration. And demand it from your system architect as you would from your heart surgeon.
I think there’s an underlying truth that most software engineers are too timid, perhaps because we’re calibrated for working with materials where mistakes are more costly and harder to put right.
It’s good that most people don’t have such arrogance, because it would be unjustified. Don’t strive for confidence, strive for calibration. And demand it from your system architect as you would from your heart surgeon.
I think there’s an underlying truth that most software engineers are too timid, perhaps because we’re calibrated for working with materials where mistakes are more costly and harder to put right.