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This has always felt to me like an inconvenient truth most people are too uncomfortable to voice aloud. Maybe we all fear that we're the singular hapless fool a
by sp527 8y ago
This has always felt to me like an inconvenient truth most people are too uncomfortable to voice aloud. Maybe we all fear that we're the singular hapless fool adrift in an industry of savants?
- munificent 8y ago> Maybe we all fear that we're the singular hapless fool adrift in an industry of savants? Yes, that's literally the definition of Imposter Syndrome.
- sp527 8y agoI think there are several elements particular to the tech industry that elevates this problem past ‘classic’ Imposter Syndrome. So that label feels a bit reductionist to me, though not entirely incorrect.
- commandlinefan 8y agoI don’t feel that _I’m_ a hapless fool - I know how much effort I’ve put into learning what I know. I do feel (and have much evidence to support) that all of the non “technical” people that surround me think I’m a hapless fool every time they ask me a question and I don’t know the answer immediately off the top of my head, no matter how many times I did know the answer. I’m surrounded by “product managers” and “agile coaches” who imply that I’d better get everything done in minutes or they’ll “replace me with somebody who does”.