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I don't think this is limited to women. I suffer from this "syndrome" too. I went to work at one startup several years ago (geez almost a decade now) where I wa

I don't think this is limited to women. I suffer from this "syndrome" too. I went to work at one startup several years ago (geez almost a decade now) where I was surrounded by the most brilliant developers I had ever encountered. Definitely my experience wasn't up to par, but they hired me anyways. To combat the imposter syndrome, I worked my tail off learning all I could about their architecture and filling in my programming gaps. I'd like to say the imposter feeling goes away, but even today I get twangs of it when confronted by other brilliant developers (male and female BTW).

fennecfoxen 14y ago
Impostor syndrome as a new computer-science/engineering student is a sign that you have self-introspection and successfully recognize your limitations. It will be cured when you get a Real Job [tm] one day and realize that most programmers are as dumb as you are (or worse ;)
- epochwolf 14y ago
  Worse. Definitely worse. ;)
  - S4M 14y ago
    Yep, the worst douches I ever met across programmers are the one who think they are really good, while producing some really really crappy code.
binarymax 14y ago
"Definitely my experience wasn't up to par, but they hired me anyways." Looks like you still seem to be suffering from said syndrome :)
newnewnew 14y ago
There's so much braggadocio in programming that it's easy to develop feelings of inadequacy for everyone. It' just not a "social problem" if you're a male victim.
- slurgfest 14y ago
  To clarify, it is still a social problem for you. It just isn't an ideological cause, because you're male.