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I find "hang around people who are more awesome than you and absorb as much as you can" to be a tangible proxy for "learn more"

• jjoonathan 10y ago
  That addresses the learning part but not the imposter syndrome part. I suspect it would put you at greater risk for imposter syndrome if anything. It probably even puts you at greater risk for being an actual imposter.
  • Manishearth 10y ago
    No, I mean you do it in reverse: if you find yourself surrounded by awesome people and feel like an impostor, ignore that and focus on learning. You may or may not be an impostor: but does it really matter when you can learn? This is how I've coped with possibly-impostor-syndrome-or-actually-impostor-idk-lol anyway. YMMV.
    • CydeWeys 10y ago
      I'm surrounded by awesome coders at work and have frequently felt like an imposter. The best way I've found to address it is to tackle it head-on: Just get it out in the open and talk about it. It turns out that most of my outwardly-amazing coworkers also feel the same way occasionally. And, of course, don't ever let imposter feelings getting in the way of diving headlong and trying things anyway, even if they seem impossibly difficult from the outset. It's mostly mental barriers; I've tackled dozens of tasks that were imposingly difficult from the outset. There hasn't been a single one yet that I didn't end up making appreciable headway on.