Dunning-Kruger in Tech

Definitions

1. A reference to overconfidence among people with limited understanding, applied to technical debates, hiring, and engineering judgment.

   In plain English: Overconfidence in technical topics by people who do not understand them well.

   Example: "The thread had a lot of Dunning-Kruger in tech energy: certainty with very little systems knowledge."

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