Is there a fix for impostor syndrome?

Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eeZah7Ux on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:15AM (#16984641)

> "am I the only one who sees what a load of shit this is?"

Disillusionment.

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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by buserror on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:44AM (#16984741)

Not really. Experience induced clarity.

I'm like OP. I've been in the tech industry for a stupid amount of years, and I swear I can improvise a CEO grade speech for any circumstance.

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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by titzer on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:48AM (#16984754)

> I swear I can improvise a CEO grade speech for any circumstance.

Ouch, watch out with that attitude. CEOs are full of bluster and no action, so you might be risking becoming what you hate.

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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by throwaway413 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:58AM (#16986073)

Or he was just proving his point on the spot?

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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eeZah7Ux on Thursday May 03, 2018 @07:03AM (#16984844)

Disillusionment: "a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be."

> Not really.

How so?

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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by buserror on Thursday May 03, 2018 @07:22AM (#16984945)

Well, it's not disappointing really, it's just recognition.

I have no problem with how the system works, it's silly, it's unbalanced, it's all based on illusions, but here it is...

You can either feel disappointed and become all bitter and twisted, or you can just play the game. In many ways, it's fun, especially when you get that perception of clarity -- compensates for all these years you were the pawn.

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