Last night I went to a meet up on Imposter Syndrome that opened with a panel discussion. I’ve been to other panels before and while they have always been informative, I found myself walking away from last night internalizing so many eye opening pieces of advice. There is so much to apply to my life, not just in the workplace. I scrambled to scribble down the major takeaways from the event as there was so much. Here is what I found were the most valuable:

• Imposter syndrome has a bodily aspect to it (make yourself smaller)
• Imposter syndrome is failing to internalizing your own achievements
• Society loves the wonderkid and you don’t see successes that incorporate a lot of failure (impossible to achieve overnight success)
• Behind the feeling of imposter syndrome is how we learned the idea of failure and our relationship with the learning process
• Don’t avoid writing code because you are scared to ask for help
• Everyone brings something to the table even if they don’t have traditional education
• Maybe Imposter Syndrome just one side of the human spectrum
• Imposter Syndrome is an internal/external thing - your reaction and other people’s reaction
• If you are looking for clues that you aren’t good enough, the world will definitely provide - change your focus to proof that you ARE doing a good job
• We get asked insurmountable things that feel impossible when we are starting out but everyone has that feeling

✨Advice✨

• Put your feelings and emotions on hold and put the projects and groups objectives before your own of inadequacy
• Remember that you are here for a reason and things didn’t just fall into your lap
• If you don’t know how you are doing - ask for feedback because it will be way more constructive than worrying
• Compare yourself today to where you were yesterday
• Coach people on what their value is - you can grow into positions