You know nothing about code

For some reason, it seems taboo to say "I don't know how to do that". Even if I add "but I'm really good at figuring things out quickly", it doesn't seem to have much of an impact. All the person heard was "don't know how".

I would MUCH rather hire someone who is a quick learner and can adapt and figure things out (which in my opinion, is the sign of true intelligence -- "problem solving") rather than someone who is knowledgable in a niche area. Granted, there are exceptions, and if someone is designing a nuclear reactor, you can bet you want someone who is an expert at that one thing. But generally speaking, I think polymath abilities are much more useful.

Great article, I feel like way more people need to be saying "I don't know." People appreciate honesty. I learn something new everyday. A lot of people call it "impostor syndrome" which has such a bad connotation, I prefer to call it the "Google / Stack Overflow Developer." You have a great concept of where to start, but theres a lot of stuff you don't know. And for that, there is Google & SO.

My coding beginning was actually when I started a business picking up dog poop (no joke) when I was 9 years old to buy an N64. I convinced my dad that I needed a website if I was going to be a "real" business, and he taught me my first HTML.

This post is spot on. When I was a kid, I got my start when my dad wanted me to sell some stuff in the garage on this new site his buddy's son was using called eBay. I remember looking at all the other posts and wondering how they made the text different colors and put borders on things and found this world called HTML. I still have the notebook I used to write down all the cool things you could do with the various tags. Those were the days of not knowing what I didn't know. Now I definitely know what I don't know, and it's pretty terrifying and exhilarating.

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