I know everyone is supposedly to feel like an imposter these days. I am stubbornly against it. So here's a contrarian take: Don't embrace it. If you feel out o

I know everyone is supposedly to feel like an imposter these days. I am stubbornly against it. So here's a contrarian take: Don't embrace it. If you feel out of your depth, don't try to fake it. Openly ask for help and try to learn. When someone uses words you don't understand, ask immediately. I may be biased, having had to spend time recently to clean up after colleagues who clearly had no idea how the frameworks we are using works. But instead of taking a day to learn, they winged it. It may not be directly related to the syndrome in question, but I strongly feel it is not something to celebrate.