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Discussion on: Even Senior Developers Have Imposter Syndrome

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Abdullah Sofiyullah

I always have this shit in my head where I sat down in front of my computer feeling like " hey , are you really a Developer, what do you know and what if you are called for interview, you that you only know stackoverflow, YouTube and googling" .
I feel really bad and sad sometimes

But you what?
Anytime I browse through a new website or play around upwork and seeing clients asking " hey can you replicate this website " and I saw that website , analyse it and feel like I can do it well.

I smiled...am actually a Developer
Am not an imposter.🥰

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Kevin Hicks

Exactly. It is important to recognize what you know you can do and that you can learn to do what you don't know.

And the truth is all of us developers rely on StackOverflow, YouTube, and google. Without Google, 99% of developers would not be able to do their job. Knowing how to use those resources is one of the most important skills for a developer.

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Abdullah Sofiyullah

We are googlers..lol