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Re:Feeling like a fraud while doing startups by fcatalan on Monday December 03, 2012 @10:33AM (#4865825)
I felt the same during my Masters. I was gulping down papers and books on stuff very new to me and churning out papers at a crazy rate. I was overwhelmed.

When every paper came back with very high grades I actually questioned one of my professors about those grades. I literally said "I feel like I'm faking that I actually know what I'm talking about". She was amused.

Looking back at it: I was working an awful lot, loved the subject, and have a way with words (at least in my native Spanish). So the output was good, what else would I expect?

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Re:Feeling like a fraud while doing startups by indiecore on Monday December 03, 2012 @10:54AM (#4865934)
>"I feel like I'm faking that I actually know what I'm talking about".

I have a theory that pretty much everyone feels like this and the only reason anything gets done is because people are trying to stop other people from finding out that they think this about themselves.

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