One thing to be aware of is imposter syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome). From your descrip

One thing to be aware of is imposter syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome). From your description, it sounds like you may be selling yourself short. I don't know about the prevalence in CS, but this seems to actually be pretty common in academia. There's a good talk on the subject from PyCon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i8ylq4j_EY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i8ylq4j_EY).