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Part of my job is to step back and slow down. It's a skill that I learned during my frustrating years as a researcher, when we are pioneering something and there is no easily accessible answers to our questions. Now in industry, I find a few of my coworkers struggling with a problem for days sometimes. If this is you, reach out to our coworkers. More often than not, someone has seen what you are seeing and can definitely help you.

This week I got a pull request merged into a bigger open source project. It was a small thing and I had help by others pointing me into the right direction - very grateful for that.
At first I was happy and also felt a bit of pride. I hoped this would silence my inner #imposter. It did, for a few days.

Now my brain goes like this: this was so small, everybody could have done this, you needed help, it was not perfect from the beginning, don't be proud of the accomplishment, it was nothing.

Loved this from Adam Mostroianni's "Experimental History" newsletter:
"...a lot of people feel like imposters because other people make them feel that way. If you feel unwelcome because you have a bigoted boss or cruel colleagues, I understand why we would call that 'Imposter Syndrome,' even though it seems more like 'being surrounded by people who have Asshole Syndrome.'"

experimental-history.com/p/if- (preview article, half-paywalled)

Experimental History · If you have Imposter Syndrome, maybe you're on to somethingBy Adam Mastroianni
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2. SELF-DOUBT

Have you ever felt that you do not deserve your position and success?

Have you ever thought that your success was due to luck and not to your abilities?

Have you ever questioned your decisions?

You simply have a strong sense of responsibility and self-reflection skills. #Imposter syndrome and doubt are normal.

In fact, I have observed that the stronger the person is, the greater the imposter syndrome.