--- title: Am I Smart Enough? | daily.dev description: Before deciding to be a software engineer, I was a fashion designer, grocery store cash office clerk, etc etc. I was never good at math or problem solving, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Am I Smart Enough? | daily.dev og:description: Before deciding to be a software engineer, I was a fashion designer, grocery store cash office clerk, etc etc. I was never good at math or problem solving, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gN--7XwvQ.png og:image:alt: Am I Smart Enough? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Am I Smart Enough? **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 77 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Before deciding to be a software engineer, I was a fashion designer, grocery store cash office clerk, etc etc. I was never good at math or problem solving, and I certainly do not think rationally or logically in the way "engineers" do. The bootcamp does a well enough job of introducing us to the basics needed to get a job. I often find myself looking to outside resources over and over again on Youtube, Google, Github forums... and I feel like I still don't understand what is going of half of the time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@suco** · 7 upvotes > after reading your post, i noticed one point that doesn't let you progrees.It's imposter syndrome.Come with me: Do you like to dedicate yourself to learning something new? Do you spend a lot of time trying, despite all the difficulties? Do you like code in general and can you see yourself doing it for a long time? If all the answers are yes... CONGRATULATIONS!!! you are empowered to do whatever you want in your life. As stated before, imposter syndrome is, at this point, something that is normal, especially if you have just started. The best trick I can offer is: Take care of yourself, take... **@ghost** · 2 upvotes > I like the fact that posts like these get some good comments and interactions. ❤️ **@kkurko** · 1 upvotes > I was helping with onboarding a couple of junior devs when working on one big enterprise project. And you know what? They felt the same as you feel. They were making mistakes, might not understand something, but none of them were fired and all of them are now good developers. > > Do not be afraid of difficulties, do not be afraid to ask for help and keep working - and in ten years (as you said in the article) or faster (I think it will much faster) you, being a senior developer, will look at this first article with a smile **@nisancigokmen** · 0 upvotes > thanks :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Am I Smart Enough?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq"},"datePublished":"2022-02-28T16:35:17.890Z","dateModified":"2022-02-28T16:35:17.894Z","description":"Before deciding to be a software engineer, I was a fashion designer, grocery store cash office clerk, etc etc. I was never good at math or problem solving, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/baa329565601bbd5d0eab44d50acb000","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/baa329565601bbd5d0eab44d50acb000","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":4,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":77},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"keywords":"javascript","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Am I Smart Enough?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-smart-enough--gn--7xwvq","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"after reading your post, i noticed one point that doesn’t let you progrees.It’s imposter syndrome.Come with me: Do you like to dedicate yourself to learning something new? Do you spend a lot of time trying, despite all the difficulties? Do you like code in general and can you see yourself doing it for a long time? If all the answers are yes… CONGRATULATIONS!!! you are empowered to do whatever you want in your life. As stated before, imposter syndrome is, at this point, something that is normal, especially if you have just started. The best trick I can offer is: Take care of yourself, take your time and keep your eyes off the screen when things start to fall apart. Thinking about other things is sometimes the best to solve a problem.","datePublished":"2022-03-01T02:03:08.391Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gN--7XwvQ#c-9YXbP-gCe","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"lucas de frança","url":"https://daily.dev/suco","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gg7r75Fe5vdQ8mpTIulbymN-QsZs123-3wxa9t9=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I like the fact that posts like these get some good comments and interactions. ❤️","datePublished":"2022-03-01T08:09:23.140Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gN--7XwvQ#c-PMHMC_n_g","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted user","url":"https://daily.dev/ghost","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNIUzLiO--/f_auto/v1705327420/public/ghost_vlftth"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I was helping with onboarding a couple of junior devs when working on one big enterprise project. And you know what? They felt the same as you feel. They were making mistakes, might not understand something, but none of them were fired and all of them are now good developers.\nDo not be afraid of difficulties, do not be afraid to ask for help and keep working - and in ten years (as you said in the article) or faster (I think it will much faster) you, being a senior developer, will look at this first article with a smile","datePublished":"2022-03-27T13:42:13.408Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gN--7XwvQ#c-nt1Qjq-R2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kirill Kurko","url":"https://daily.dev/kkurko","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/58859242?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"thanks :)","datePublished":"2022-03-04T00:27:08.398Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gN--7XwvQ#c-iWnZX-1Uz","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gökmen Nişancı","url":"https://daily.dev/nisancigokmen","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gjb3cFxwl-33szkXx9-CdZfv93sMRw1CJ6lv3aP9Q=s100"}}]} ```