为什么我什么都不知道

by Nastasia Saby

由Nastasia Saby

我什么都不知道，但是还可以 (I know nothing, but it is okay)

One thing I like the most about being a developer is learning. But to learn something, you must admit that you do not know it.

作为开发人员，我最喜欢的一件事是学习。 但是要学习一些东西，您必须承认自己不知道。

And sometimes it can be difficult.

有时可能很困难。

Some time ago, I was asked to deal with a linear regression. I was panicked. I had no real idea of what it was about except that it was mathematics. The problem is that I was convinced I should have known that.

前一段时间，我被要求处理线性回归。 我很惊慌。 除了数学之外，我对它的含义一无所知。 问题是我确信我应该知道这一点。

I was blaming myself: “But why do you have a baccalaureate (high school degree) in literature instead of a normal baccalaureate like everyone else in your profession would? And why have you preferred studying literature rather than computer science at university? If you had chosen normal studies, you would have known what is a linear regression. You would have known how to deal with that. You have no right to be here. You are an impostor”.

我在自责：“但是，为什么您拥有文学学士学位(高中学历)，而不是像您职业中的其他所有人一样拥有普通的学士学位？ 为什么您更喜欢在大学学习文学而不是计算机科学？ 如果您选择了正常研究，您将知道什么是线性回归。 您将知道如何处理。 您无权在这里。 你是冒名顶替者。”

Then I did what I do when I am panicked: I called my sister. She has a “normal” baccalaureate.

然后我做了我惊慌时要做的事情：我给姐姐打电话。 她拥有“正常”的学士学位。

“Hi little sister, can you explain me what is a linear regression please?”

“你的妹妹，你能解释一下线性回归吗？”

She answered me that she had no idea what it was and that she never learned that in high school.

她回答我，她不知道那是什么，她从未在高中学习过。

I was relieved. I still did not know what a linear regression was, but I could confess without shame my ignorance. I took some time to understand it and finally dealt with it.

我松了一口气。 我仍然不知道线性回归是什么，但是我可以坦白地承认自己的无知。 我花了一些时间来理解它，终于解决了。

You could say that this story ends well. I am not so sure because I should have confessed my ignorance before calling my sister.

您可以说这个故事结局不错。 我不太确定，因为在给姐姐打电话之前我应该​​承认自己的无知。

Sometimes, I have the impression that I am not in my place. I feel I am stealing the job of someone else, someone with “normal” studies. Consequently, I am afraid of being exposed.

有时候，我的印象是我不在我的位置。 我觉得我在偷别人的工作，一个学习“正常”的人。 因此，我害怕被暴露。

I know that I am not the only one to get this feeling of being an impostor. There are many reasons you can find yourself in this situation.

我知道，我并不是唯一一种成为冒名顶替者的人。 在这种情况下，您有很多原因可以找到自己。

I was recently working with a brilliant person with many capabilities. But she was sure of being an impostor because she did not know this framework or this thing in Java, leading her into trouble at work.

我最近正在与一个有很多能力的才华横溢的人一起工作。 但是她确定自己是冒名顶替者，因为她不了解Java中的这个框架或东西，这使她在工作中遇到麻烦。

If we step back, there is no shame if you do not know something. The most important thing is to admit it.

如果我们退后一步，如果您不了解某些内容，就不会感到羞耻。 最重要的是承认它。

First, it is impossible to know everything.

首先，不可能一无所知。

Then, if you have not learned something, it is probably because you were doing something else instead. If I did not know until now how Kafka was really dealing with messages from producers, it is because I spent several months learning stuff about Spark. This stuff helped me to pass a certification. That is not so bad in the end.

然后，如果您没有学到什么，那可能是因为您在做其他事情。 如果直到现在我还不知道Kafka是如何真正处理生产者的消息的，那是因为我花了几个月的时间来学习有关Spark的知识。 这些东西帮助我通过了认证。 最终还算不错。

It was also because I finally recognized that I knew so few things about functional programming with Scala that I decided to follow online courses. Again, that is not so bad.

也是因为我最终意识到，我对Scala的函数式编程知之甚少，因此决定参加在线课程。 同样，那还不错。

Saying that you do not know is a way towards progress.

说你不知道是通往进步的一种方法。

I cannot help thinking about Socrates and this fabulous sentence:

我不禁想到苏格拉底和这个神话般的句子：

The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

我唯一知道的是我一无所知。

One of the greatest philosophers (for me, as for many) presented himself as ignorant. I believe recognizing yourself as ignorant is a strong way towards self progression and raising the bar.

最伟大的哲学家之一(对我而言，对许多人而言)自称无知。 我相信认识自己是无知的人是迈向自我发展和提高自我标准的有力方法。

When you recognize what you do not know, you do not have prejudices. You can learn peacefully. You are not narrow-minded. You are ready to learn everything.

当您识别出自己不知道的内容时，便没有偏见。 您可以和平地学习。 你心胸狭窄。 您准备好学习一切。

Therefore, I am happy to have learned the concept of linear regression even if at the beginning I was totally lost.

因此，即使一开始我完全迷路了，我还是很高兴学会线性回归的概念。

I should have said the truth peacefully and directly: “I know nothing about linear regressions but it is okay. I will learn it”.

我应该和平而直接地说出真相：“我对线性回归一无所知，但是还可以。 我会学习的。”

翻译自: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/i-know-nothing-but-it-is-okay-6c0d9a4fe09f/

为什么我什么都不知道