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The falsehoods of a senior developer (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One of my favorite managers once told me while I was struggling with a severe case of imposter syndrome "if you're faking it well enough that others can't tell, you might not be faking it as much as you think."

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yup, the good old imposter syndrome. The truth is no one really knows what they're doing,

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

If you feel like you're sprinting into the dark, you're doing something right.