From 307ea0608e760b210c593ae7a5e4c7baa1fb2f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jonathanelscpt Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:24:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fixed grammatical errors (#20560) --- guide/english/working-in-tech/dunning-kruger-effect/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guide/english/working-in-tech/dunning-kruger-effect/index.md b/guide/english/working-in-tech/dunning-kruger-effect/index.md index f087016422..8fb77c09d9 100644 --- a/guide/english/working-in-tech/dunning-kruger-effect/index.md +++ b/guide/english/working-in-tech/dunning-kruger-effect/index.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ In the field of psychology, the **Dunning–Kruger** effect is a cognitive bias ### Why does it matter in Software Development? -DK effect is an important learning for software developers. It can be observed among developers of all age. This is more prominent among beginners and intermediate level developers. After the initial struggle they might get over confident about a language or their designs. This leads them to underestimate the complexity of system requirements or, worse, hampers them coming up with better software designs. For more experienced developers, they seem to have gained wisdom over the years. They are more humble and better at judging the system complexity. (This might not be true to all senior developers though.) +The DK effect is important to understand for software developers. It can be observed among developers of all ages. This is more prominent among beginners and intermediate level developers. After the initial struggle, they might get overconfident about a language or their designs. This leads them to underestimate the complexity of system requirements or, worse, hampers them coming up with better software designs. For more experienced developers, they seem to have gained wisdom over the years. They are more humble and better at judging the system complexity. (This might not be true to all senior developers though.) ### Beware! DK Effect is exactly opposite of [Imposter Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome). You need to strike the perfect balance between both of these for your professional growth.