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As the other comment points out, people aren’t willing to challenge themselves but also feign a confidence about themselves due to various factors such as econo
by halfjew222 8y ago
As the other comment points out, people aren’t willing to challenge themselves but also feign a confidence about themselves due to various factors such as economic and societal pressures. Admitting you have no idea most of the time is probably more accurate (estimate is obviously a reasonably afauirable skill) but that’s not what boss man is looking for.
I think this also evidences itself in the prevalence of imposter theory, especially in younger generations. The reason the saying goes, “that feeling never goes away” is because we all operate outwardly as if we are more expert than we are and begin to believe that lie.
Does that clarify?
- danharaj 8y agoNo, not really. It's still rather vague to me. Could you give me a concrete example?
- halfjew222 8y agoSure! If you look at the levels of reported 'imposter syndrome', there is a noted rise over the last few years. I'm assuming here that you are aware of imposter syndrome and perhaps have felt it at times yourself. I certainly have. To our peers, we pretend we know more than we do to feign this confidence that has almost emerged as necessary since there are so many that can do our jobs as programmers. This feigned confidence manifests as imposter syndrome. Since we can't be honest (and risk management firing us because we're incompetent), we never quite feel like we're 'good enough' for our jobs. Does that help?
- bobthechef 8y agoHuh? I think you have the wrong thread. Besides, pretending to be more competent than you are is fraud. Sounds like "imposter syndrome" as you have defined it is really the guilt of being a fraud, and frankly, it's well deserved because it's true. You should feel guilty for doing evil things. You should feel like an imposter when you are an imposter. The antidote is the courage not to be a fraud and not to be an imposter, not pathologizing it as a "syndrome" or blaming your boss for your own cowardice.
- wallace_f 8y agoCan you relax? Assuming good faith is a rule of HN. What are you trying to accomplish with such an extremely accusatory, and disparaging comment towards a user that--as is obvious in their posts here--is personally struggling. I'm not convinced they are acting in bad faith, and they are certainly not evil, blaming anyone, cowardly, etc, as you assumed. Try to be nice, and ask yourself what value you are adding to others.