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Tell HN: Cure for imposter syndrome
Tell your new Jr hires it is normal. It is normal for anyone to not know a brand new codebase. Even the most experienced programmer will need an acceptable amount of time before being acquainted with a codebase and architecture. They only know how to ask better questions.
So teach your new hires and guide them towards the right question.
It is not up to the new hires to get our of the imposter syndrome. It's most likely because you are making them feel that way, asking for the impossible.
- CyberFonic 9y agoI have come across the opposite problem: new hires who think they know better than the greybeards. There doesn't seem to be any correlation whether they have gone to college or self-taught. What do you do without bruising their delicate egos?
- twobyfour 9y agoFWIW, it's not just juniors or new hires who can and do suffer from imposter syndrome. Just saying.