The Quiet Phase of a Tech Career Nobody Talks About.

When I chose a tech career, I assumed the struggle would end once I became ‘good enough.’ I was wrong. The hardest part didn’t come at the beginning. It came after. There’s a phase nobody talks about, where you’re no longer a beginner, but you don’t feel confident either. You know enough to realize just how much you don’t know. At first, everything felt exciting. New tools. New concepts. That feeling of “I’m building something”. I believed as I work more, I would grow confident. Instead, I grew