Yes, that is also my understanding - imposter is someone doing without skills and it looks well on the surface vs imposter syndrome is someone struggling, feeli

Yes, that is also my understanding - imposter is someone doing without skills and it looks well on the surface vs imposter syndrome is someone struggling, feeling desperate and suffering in performance due to a mismatch of self perceived skills and self perceived skill requirements. Software is a team effort where the individual contribution is only a fraction of the whole. Even worse we just extend what others have provided before. As it was argued in ‚No silver bullet‘ our work is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is doable. No wonder we feel small.