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This guy gives me Imposter Syndrome. He had a PhD from MIT at 8 years old or something and wrote the code that verifies the correctness of AWS, Turing Award. Wh
by jrcii 11y ago
This guy gives me Imposter Syndrome. He had a PhD from MIT at 8 years old or something and wrote the code that verifies the correctness of AWS, Turing Award. What am I doing with my life?
- dllthomas 11y ago"What am I doing with my life?" Finding a more suitable reference point, I hope. If everyone who isn't Leslie Lamport is a failure, you're not an imposter - you're playing the role of a failure like the rest of us.
- bm1362 11y agoHe's just a man, and has probably made considerable sacrifices to be at the pinnacle of CS research. Last year I saw him present a talk that was rather underwhelming (maybe I'm just dumb) - if that anecdote helps humanize him to you.