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only half of it. You also have to have an image, you have to advertise and let your performances be known. That is the other half not yet developed. You simply need to show what you've got to offer.

I have lacked some confidence in this regard. The only way to build confidence is to try your hand at something and see how well you do and what potential there is. Nevertheless I can be embarrassed. Well there's no other way to learn. Perhaps that is why I like working with computers: no embarrassment is possible but you can grow a lot. But you can play tennis better now thanks to practice. And you have a feeling of "being" on the court that gives you a great presence of confidence.

I have learned now that work cannot be all exciting but that all of it should contribute to the benefit of later excitement. Like writing a technical document so that it will be easier to manage an implementation of COBOL-80 on another operating system. This is all