There is a moment in every campaign where the dice feel heavier than usual. The party looks at you. The dragon looks at you. You look at your character sheet and quietly wonder if you put your points in the wrong place. No one talks about that moment when they describe the adventure. They talk about the victory, the treasure, the clean strike that lands at just the right time. They rarely talk about the quiet confidence gaps that open up beneath your boots. I have felt those gaps more times than I expected. When I first stepped deeper into software development, I assumed confidence would rise in a straight…