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Re:We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impos... by drzaiusapelord on Monday March 27, 2017 @11:03AM (#13968272)
>Nobody gives you a manual on how to handle work, children, people, sex, money, life in general.

Sure we do, its called culture. My parents were immigrants so I got to see two systems compete, their native culture and US mainstream culture. There's a lot of info here on how to live, if anything its overwhelming.

I think the idea that we're all winging it on some certain level is pretty different from a feeling like an imposter. I don't feel like any kind of imposter in my day to day life.

If I do feel 'imposter syndrome' its at work and largely because we have, in the US, an anti-worker climate where we're expected to be instant experts on everything, especially if you're in tech. A realistic outlook on what staff can do doesn't benefit management as much, so they don't help dissuade the myth of the IT/dev superman. They'd rather you near burn-out trying to be a 5x multiplier than hire 5 more guys. We often talk about imposter syndrome at work, but rarely its principle driver. Its not "my teachers said I was smart and can do anything" but very deliberate policies that help businesses maximize profit at the expense of the wellbeing of their own staff.

Re:We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impos... by sametmax on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:32PM (#13969141)
It's true, but culture is a much armful as it is helpful as a manual. Most cultures I met while traveling (a lot), including my own, have terrible effects on how we handle sex, success, responsability, feelings and growth.
Re:We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impos... by drzaiusapelord on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:39PM (#13969238)
That's opinion not fact. There's no "one way" to be human. People who think that are often hateful extremists. Viva variety. Most cultures get a lot right and culture, being what it is, is in constant flux and change.
Re:We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impos... by sametmax on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:15AM (#13974695)
This whole debate is people sharing opinions and not facts.

But give me a culture where people have a healthy reltionship with sex. Morality, religion, security, health, children educations, gender status... All major actual cultures screw it up massively in some way.