Maybe it’s because I literally do not give a shit about the company or it’s products or customers. I just want money. In fact, I want the opposite kind of imposter syndrome, where I trick the people hiring me into thinking I’m much more qualified than I actually am get paid a shit ton more money. Yes I know C++, Pascal, Assembly, COBOL. Please pay me $500k.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If you work a job where the primary reason you interact with your coworkers is because they're the expert on something you don't know, it's pretty easy to start thinking you're not cut out for it.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        There's a lot of hero worship in Academia, but then you read someone's field notes from 1876 and realize that the great and respected father of the field had undiagnosed ADHD, raging alcoholism, and racism that was notable even in his era. And after that you just don't worry about things as much.

        • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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          2 years ago

          a lot of hero worship in Academia

          Wait, are y’all getting imposter syndrome because of the “heroes” who came before you? I 100% get my imposter syndrome from my peers, I feel like all the other grad students are smarter and more talented than I am. I don’t give a fuck about what famous professors do

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I mean what's the difference between imposter syndrome and just being inexperienced? Because I've experienced this before though I just attributed it to being lazy rather than not being good enough. It seems like IS requires one to be qualified but doubt their skills

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        2 years ago

        there's a bit of overlap, once people also start coming to you for the answers to questions they don't know it goes away a bit. In tech anyway, it's a lot more common for women and for people of color to experience impostor syndrome because they're so underrepresented (and frequently treated like tokens) — in my entire 10+ year career I think I've only spent 15 months on a team with at least one other woman, and ive worked in whole departments that were all men aside from me. No matter what you end up getting treated kinda weirdly in circumstances like that.