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Nope, imposter syndrome is when you're perfectly capable of doing a job but you don't know everything your role is supposed to know. You can be a successful sc
by aulin 5y ago
Nope, imposter syndrome is when you're perfectly capable of doing a job but you don't know everything your role is supposed to know.
You can be a successful scientist in a math-heavy field without having to do any pen and paper calculus ever. But you're supposed to be good at it, hence you feel like an imposter.
Just like when you've been writing code for years and then they tell you're supposed to know how to write algorithms on a white board.
- crtasm 5y agoThis is incorrect - it's not about lacking bits of knowledge expected for a role, it's when someone feels like a fraud and undeserving of their status despite being entirely competent.
- aulin 5y agoYou can be entirely competent for a role and do it successfully while still feeling like you're missing fundamental knowledge you won't ever need to accomplish your job but that it's commonly perceived as a requisite. That can generate anxiety as you believe someone will at some point discover what you perceive as ignorance.
- crtasm 5y agoSure, but that is not imposter syndrome.
- aulin 5y agoDon't know, I'm still not convinced. The term deals more with the outcome, feeling like a fraud while being perfectly capable of fulfilling a role, than the reasons that could spawn those feelings. In my opinion feeling you lack knowledge you don't really need could be one of those reasons. Another could be you come from a different background than your peers and you feel somewhat inferior for being atypical.