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

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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      20 days ago

      Nice!

      I’m still struggling to get good at BASIC, myself.

      BASIC was my first language, and I still don’t feel like I’ve mastered it, so I still study it on some weekends.

      I take so many modern tools for granted, now. It makes my learning progress in BASIC feel slow.

      But I’m getting better at it.