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Discussion on: My Imposter Cure

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John Funk

Thanks for sharing. I had some pretty bad imposter syndrome as the result of being self employed, working on projects start to finish for my clients totally solo, and being self taught.

I recently started teaching a friend of mine how to program and started talking to people about programming, and I started to realize that I know more than I thought I knew.

I think it's often hard to see our value because we live with ourselves and see our own skills as common place. I was really surprised how much perspective teaching brought. I highly recommend it to developers of any level.

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bob.ts • Edited

John, I believe you nailed it in these comments ... "we live within ourselves" and the "perspective teaching brought."

I actually taught computers for many years before getting back to development ... so, when I had the opportunity, it came naturally to get back to teaching. I just wish I had the opportunity earlier; my sense of worth was much lower than it should have been.

Excellent points!