A 20-minute talk on overcoming impostor syndrome -- the persistent feeling that you're not qualified to be doing whatever you're doing, and everyone's going to find out you're a fake any minute now.
2. Impostor Syndrome
“...a psychological phenomenon in which
people are unable to internalize their
accomplishments. Despite external evidence of
their competence, those with the syndrome
remain convinced they are frauds and do not
deserve the success they have achieved. Proof
of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a
result of deceiving others into thinking they
are more intelligent and competent than they
believe themselves to be.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
3. Impostor Syndrome
OH CRAP
THEY’RE GOING TO FIGURE
OUT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY
NO IDEA
WHAT I’M DOING.
15. Except for that one mistake. And
the other one. And that really
huge one. And the time I broke
everything and everybody had to
clean up my mistakes and then I
spent a week hiding because I felt
guilty and was sure that
everybody was going to blame
me for wasting all their time and I
19. Why Impostor
Syndrome Sucks :(
• Impossible to take pride in your work.
20. Why Impostor
Syndrome Sucks :(
• Impossible to take pride in your work.
• Impossible to admit you don’t know something.
21. Why Impostor
Syndrome Sucks :(
• Impossible to take pride in your work.
• Impossible to admit you don’t know something.
• Prevents others from having perspective too.
22. Why Impostor
Syndrome Sucks :(
• Impossible to take pride in your work.
• Impossible to admit you don’t know something.
• Prevents others from having perspective too.
• It makes you feel like crap :(
