Let's talk about: The Dunning-Kruger effect

also being a perfectionist doesn't help it much

From you or from him/her ?

I could relate this effect to some peers I had back in my college.
And now to many friends I play with (online speaking), and with the boom of the MOBA's from a couple of years it seems that more and more people can be allocated under this effect. Or maybe is just easier to identify.

Dr. Dunning is running an AMA right now on reddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments..._a_social/

Professor Any Cuddy and popular self help propagator Tony Robbins advocate the 'Fake it, till you make it.' approach. How does that tie in with the Dunning-Kruger effect? Don't we become more competent with confidence?

On this question,as some commentators have noted, it is not exactly the Dunning-Kruger effect. The DKE is prematurely thinking you’ve made it.
But there are some connections. Often, people new to a task do think they are imposters or not up to the task. And in a manner of speaking, they are right. They aren’t the proficient person they are going to be yet. They are the stand-in until their more experienced and skilled self arrives. They (and all of us in their position) are simply “green” when it comes to new tasks and there’s nothing wrong with that. Being green doesn’t mean you are the wrong person, just that you’ll be better at the task with experience and self-reflection.