Imposter syndrome isn't real. Imposter phenomenon is very real.
Imposter phenomenon is the combination of two things:
1) the belief that I know less things than others around me.
2) the belief that if this is found out, that I will experience harm from it.
In short, it's about psychological safety. It's a rational response based on the lived experience of the person feeling it, and their observation of how others are treated, it's not a shortcoming of the person experiencing it.
A company lays off thousands of people, nobody bats an eye.
A company fires one CEO and everyone loses their mind.
tips for being more #positive about your work!
❌ “I can’t fix this bug no matter what I try”
✔ “I am an avant-garde software artist”
❌ “my code won’t compile”
✔ “this is an abstract piece”
❌ “I never get around to implementing any of the features I want”
✔ “I consider myself a minimalist“
❌ “sorry I forget to document my code…”
✔ “my art is about the journey, not the destination”
❌ “I have never finished a project”
✔ “I prefer to leave the ending open to interpretation”
❌ “sorry, this software is not compatible with ( )”
✔ “here I have chosen to make a political statement against ( )”
❌ “this memory leak causes the program to crash”
✔ “this program symbolizes the transience of mortality and reminds us all what is important in life”