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Imposter Syndrome

The persistent feeling of self-doubt about one's abilities or accomplishments despite evidence of competence, often experienced when taking on unfamiliar responsibility.

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Imposter Syndrome

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  • I think at any stage of your career there's that feeling of like imposttor syndrome and like what am I doing? I don't I don't know how to do this.

  • … And imposter syndrome is a bias on the other side, it's like me feeling, "Oh, I suck. " Whereas, that also is a bias.

  • … There's a post that I did a long time ago with a coach and it was about imposter syndrome. And she made this really powerful point that you are actually an imposter in the role you're in.

  • … I think at least, being a woman in tech, you get talked to a lot about imposter syndrome, and building up her confidence. I actually do think that my approach to it, at least for me, has been just more effective.

  • … Another way in which we get in our own way, many people suffer from what is called in the psychology literature, imposter syndrome. They believe that they were the admissions mistake at Stanford.