I think about this a lot. I've been making my living in for almost twenty years (!) with a for ten: if I'm not "good at it" by now, I'm doing something seriously wrong. But never stops whispering in the back of my head. Probably that's true of most competent people in most fields.

The problem is that while self-doubt may be necessary for competence, it's not sufficient. So you never really know.

quora.com/Does-having-a-Ph-D-i

@medigoth Maybe "capable" is a better way to frame it - capable of doing and capable of self-learning, in a given field. Being "good at" is so subjective and depends so much on the point of view...

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