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Davide de Paolis

when 5 years ago i first read about Imposter Syndrom, i was blown away with a warming feeling of relief. now whenever i encounter someone mentioning his Imposter syndrome I ... want to puke..

as you said. it just a fad, it is just a nice wrapping of the concepts of doubts.
imposter syndrom is, well, just being aware of your shortcomings and being humble.
it's a new fancy way of the Socratic paradox "I know i know nothing"

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Mark Adamson

I'm a bit confused by the reference to it as a fad. I've heard and used it for around 10 years I think. Scott Hanselmans blogged about it around that time.

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Davide de Paolis

It's not that the syndrome is a fad. The fact that everybody now has it, and has to Blog about it is. ( not referring to this post of course!).
BTW I found out of the Syndrome exactly from Scott's post, and it blew my mind.