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Being an Imposter

Debbie O'Brien on March 27, 2022

If you ever look at the home page of my site or the intro slide of my talks you will probably think I am the biggest show off in the world. I am, ...
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silvesterwali

This is really amazing, great experience.

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Debbie O'Brien

Thank you

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Inma Sánchez Casabán

Thank you so much for sharing this. Tomorrow I start my first job in IT after more than 10 years working in communication, and the imposter syndrome force is strong with me 😅. But I'll remember your advice: work, improve and try again 😊

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Debbie O'Brien

best of luck. and remember its ok to tell people at work how you feel.

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Melanie Almeida

Thank you for sharing your journey Debbie.
And so impressed by your sport achievements as well :-)

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sambit sahoo

So amazing. I consider myself an imposter. Reading this definitely gave me a lot of confidence ❤️

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Debbie O'Brien

I'm glad it helped :)

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SVGator

You're on an amazing path :) Thanks for sharing!

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Debbie O'Brien

Thanks so much :)

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Mary Olorunfemi

Thank you for sharing Debbie 💕. You inspire me alot

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Debbie O'Brien

Thanks Mary

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Renan Franca

Thank you for sharing your experience. I didn't know that I am a little impostor too 😅🤭😊

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yink

This is so inspiring, well done!

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roakoth

Thanks for sharing this Debbie, it is very inspiring 🔥 yes, sometimes we feel like impostors, just like you said, we should talk about it and we are not alone. Major take-aways 🙌

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Boba

I'm so glad I came across your post.

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Carl Sargunar

Love your story - thank you for sharing

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Your 21, that's so young in the grand scheme, wait until your old like me,
After many years, imposters turned into 😂:

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Debbie O'Brien

I know. I still look 21. Maybe I’ll be 21 forever. But yeh curious that the numbers are the same. At 21 in London working in Tv and 21 years later working in tech. Hopefully will still be in tech in next 21 years