I gave a lightning talk some time back on this topic called "You aren't good enough" - video is here: http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/archive/conference-video/yapc-

I gave a lightning talk some time back on this topic called "You aren't good enough" - video is here: http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/archive/conference-video/yapc-eu-2008/you-arent-good-enough http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/archive/conference-video/yapc-eu-... Any time somebody says they feel like you do, I throw them a link; it seems to help.