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Started teaching advanced level React training workshops for senior teams in a very large company, and I have been consumed by negative thoughts in the last couple of months.
Realistically, I am probably less experienced with React than a large portion of my audience, so the thoughts are somewhat justified..
BUT, and I must remember this, I was chosen to run these workshops for other reasons: a friendly, positive personality. Empathy. The fact that I used to be a school teacher.
This post reminds me to focus on those positive factors to cheer myself up, so... thank you! π€
Awesome, practical list. Remembering that you do awesome things is crucial.
See also my in-depth article about the origins of impostor syndrome and how I deal with it.
How I beat impostor syndrome and stopped feeling like a fake
Daragh Byrne γ» Nov 9 '18 γ» 15 min read
Great points and it was an awesome episode. Thanks for tackling such an important subject.
I still get imposter syndrome despite having 23 years code experience and 7 years commercial full time experience.
I've got better at dealing with it, but it still comes back now and then.
Thanks for this write-up. Imposter Syndrome can be so tough to manage! I've had my ups and downs related to it, so a distilled list like this to reference when its a slump is a really helpful formalization.
One of the worst-feeling experiences of recent memory for me was sharing with a superior in a 1-1 setting the feelings of imposter syndrome, and the response being disgust and the reply "maybe it's true, then? Imposter Syndrome is a weakness and and a problem". That definitely hit me pretty hard, but falling back on wins and remembering things I've done well in the past was how I got over that initial horrible-feeling gut punch.
I just referenced this on the article I published. Great write up!
Awesome, thank you so much!
Very nice tips
Thanks for writing this and for always being so open. This is definitely a hard thing to talk about sometimes, so articles and podcasts like this are always so helpful and appreciated.
Oh totally! It's something I've battled with a ton, and I think it helps everyone if I'm honest about that. Same with the other hosts :)
All the best devs are imposters. :)
Thanks for the shout out! :) Happy you found the post useful, and I hope it helps others feel less like an imposter.
Such an awesome post, thanks for writing it!