original publish date: 27th March, 2010

decades on …

The trouble with claiming ‘Dunning-Kruger’, is that it completely lets you off the hook for misreading the actual level of capability required to get the job.

This one’s on you, Einstein.

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FTE #1: I can’t believe he got that job. I know far more than he does and I didn’t think it was even worth applying.

Caption: The Dunning-Kruger effect. Apparently, competence is quite unhelpful.