Impostor Syndrome

Discussions center on impostor syndrome, where people feel like frauds despite evidence of competence, often in tech careers, with references to definitions, personal experiences, and related concepts like Dunning-Kruger.

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ZainRiz May 3, 2018 View on HN

Have you heard of impostor syndrome? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16983195

Randgalt Aug 18, 2015 View on HN

You misunderstand what Imposter Syndrome is. Please research the subject better and revise your post.

2bitencryption Sep 11, 2020 View on HN

that just sounds like imposter syndrome with a different face on it.

peter_tonoli Jan 12, 2014 View on HN

This sounds similar to imposter syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

rhcom2 Aug 20, 2018 View on HN

There is imposter syndrome though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

wsc981 Dec 9, 2013 View on HN

Don't worry, it's probably just the impostor syndrome[0] acting up.[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

eagerpace Nov 25, 2023 View on HN

Is this the opposite of imposter syndrome?

halfjew222 Jan 3, 2019 View on HN

Sure!If you look at the levels of reported 'imposter syndrome', there is a noted rise over the last few years.I'm assuming here that you are aware of imposter syndrome and perhaps have felt it at times yourself. I certainly have.To our peers, we pretend we know more than we do to feign this confidence that has almost emerged as necessary since there are so many that can do our jobs as programmers.This feigned confidence manifests as imposter syndrome. Since we can'

GhettoComputers Dec 16, 2021 View on HN

Do you suffer from “imposter syndrome”?

kawera Apr 12, 2013 View on HN

Been there. Maybe this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome