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There are much better comments here (especially the one pointing out that 'impostor syndrome' may be characterized as a misconception about the level of require
by hedgedoops2 6y ago
There are much better comments here (especially the one pointing out that 'impostor syndrome' may be characterized as a misconception about the level of required competence), but I'd like to add this:
If I understand correctly, "impostor syndrome" is a term coined by ivy league university psych counsellors. It does not apply to the workplace. It refers to ivy league freshmen not thinking of themselves as geniuses and/or mistakenly believing you have to be a genius to be admitted to the ivy league.
That doesn't seem to be your problem though. It seems more like you feel that you're not learning anything permanently. That seems unlikely but... maybe it's true? Maybe your job is all about pointless details of framework X which you then promptly forget again.
- enroxchd 6y agoExactly, at the end of the day I feel as if I have collected too much jargon and the real stuff I learned is lost somewhere in all that. It's like I have accumulated too many shiny stuff, but the real gold is missing/hidden.
- hedgedoops2 6y agoAre you in javascript web development? Or some other environment where you use a lot of dependencies, each of which introduces its own terminology?
- enroxchd 6y agoNot much into Javascript these days, had worked a full year in it and couldn't keep up with the slew of frameworks and contradicting opinions on best practices. happily hiding in the backend :-p