Re:Impostor Syndrome in Programming
by atlgator on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:47AM
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I see the opposite almost exclusively... people that can talk a great game but can't actually write a line of code.
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In my experience these people do not suffer from impostor syndrome. Although I have to admit that it could be a coping mechanism, it sounds more like Dunning-Kruger. I guess there are different symptoms of impostor syndrome. For me the comment of OP definitely resonated a lot. Not being able to express the things you know and don't know clearly blurs the lines for me to accurately value the knowledge I actually do possess or have mastered. :-)