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Re:Impostoritis: A Lifelong, but Treatable, Condition by s_dev on Monday March 24, 2014 @12:32PM (#7459180)
Why does it seem like STEM grads disproportionately suffer more from impostor syndrome while business grads seem to disproportionately suffer less?
Re:Impostoritis: A Lifelong, but Treatable, Condition by zwieback on Monday March 24, 2014 @02:01PM (#7459981)
Probably the nature of the work - it's easier to feel like an impostor if success is primarily defined by detailed knowledge of the field. I suspect that in the business field you can't succeed unless you're comfortable portraying incomplete or speculative information as fact. Just guessing, though.
Re:Impostoritis: A Lifelong, but Treatable, Condition by cryoshon on Monday March 24, 2014 @03:19PM (#7460681)
Part of working in science is knowing that you only know a tiny sliver of your field. It's easy to get the idea that everyone else knows vastly more than you do.