Post #2147132
2026-05-06 19:49 UTC
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@infosec812@foojay.social 2026-05-06 19:49
That lack of a degree and formal education always makes me hesitant to point out things I feel are mistakes because I'm sure these highly educated peers who have significantly more theory than I do will immediately call me out for the thing I missed in my ignorance. 2/5
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@giorgiolucas@techhub.social 2026-05-07 09:03
@infosec812@foojay.social > "I am informally educated by peers who helped me along the way". Man, this is beautiful and huge! I'm adding this sentence to my diary, as I can relate to it a lot, and could never point it out this clear! I went to college and graduated, but I haven't take a M.Sc or a B.Sc, and I feel the same way as you. And by transition, I can imagine the same feeling bubbling up the degree levels. And I think if someone take a PhD and act like they know it all, it's hell of an arrogant. But I believe PhD people can also feel like knowing nothing, and feel like fraud as well. The hesitation you feel, which I feel it too, is a mix of vanity and self preservation. Vanity because I'm sure you want to deliver to people high quality stuff and know that no matter how deep you go, you could always go deeper. Self preservation because we live in a very predatory system. A mean person (and unfortunately we're surrounded by them, specially in big companies) can take advantage of our own miss takes.