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Re:Tell HN: Hello by Rogerh91 on Sunday July 19, 2015 @05:39PM (#9912925)
Welcome Mohamed.

"This place is overwhelmingly full of smart people, and I sometimes feel out of place!"

Don't feel out of place. You may just be suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

The smartest people for me are those who can drop all pretensions and learn as much as they can. You're well on your way.

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Re:Tell HN: Hello by makeset on Sunday July 19, 2015 @07:41PM (#9913303)
The Dunning-Kruger effect is grossly overestimating one's own skill. I think that's the opposite of what you meant.
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Re:Tell HN: Hello by girvo on Sunday July 19, 2015 @09:00PM (#9913511)
They probably meant Impostor syndrome[0] instead.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

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Re:Tell HN: Hello by daragh99 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @12:22AM (#9920551)
I have thought about and battled with impostor syndrome a LOT! So much so that I wrote this incredibly long article about it. I hope it's useful.

http://www.geekmindfitness.com/mindfulness/how-mindfulness-m...

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Re:Tell HN: Hello by wwwarsame on Sunday July 19, 2015 @06:20PM (#9913057)
I heard about this effect before....great read. I am absorbing as much as I can!
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