Alfonse here is suffering from the «Dunning — Kruger» effect which is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
However, the normal high wages of a skilled employee in my field don't look that competitive when an unskilled individual in high school can make $ 6.00 an hour less than somebody entering the field that has finished 4 years of apprenticeship. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Indie authors are «unskilled individuals that suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. (goodereader.com)