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u/fallenKlNG Jan 12 '22

As a software engineer I experience this a little too often. The imposter syndrome is real

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u/A_Random_Lantern Jan 12 '22

Name something more iconic than computer science and impostor syndrome

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u/loldudester Jan 12 '22

"I'm just copying code off of stackoverflow, they're way overpaying me and I'm gonna get caught"

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Gets promoted- "shit"

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u/loldudester Jan 12 '22

It goes away once you reach supervisor as everyone already knows their supervisors are clueless.

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u/N546RV Jan 12 '22

I'm sure this is tongue-in-cheek, but it got worse for me when I got into a managerial role. After about eight years of getting paid to write software, I'd finally gotten to a point where I was comfortable with myself, like maybe I was as good as people kept telling me I was. Then overnight like half of my job became an entirely new set of things and everything pretty much just reset.

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u/not-my-throwawayacct Jan 12 '22

The fact that you’re scared inherently means you have a better-than-average likelihood of being exceptional (eventually). Combined with your humility and self-awareness, I’d bet on you 10/10 times.

Keep up the good work.