The generals tips I have apply equally for self-taught developers and traditionally trained, yet are interestingly enough more often easier to accept for self-t

The generals tips I have apply equally for self-taught developers and traditionally trained, yet are interestingly enough more often easier to accept for self-taught developers. Perhaps due to a willingness to acknowledge a _potential_ gap. 1. Be curious; allow yourself to say "I don't know" and go deeper 2. It's OK to be wrong; be humble and use step 1 to correct 3. Be aware of and try to discover and shed light on the things in your field that are your unknown-unknowns [1]); and then follow step 1 Links: 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_unknown_unknowns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_unknown_unknowns