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Discussion on: What Situations trigger your Imposter Syndrome the most?

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Ben Halpern

For me it was always people physically standing around in a circle talking programming. It triggers some shyness in me no matter what, but especially early in my career it always felt like it was a bunch of people talking about things which I had no idea about. Like, if I can't Google for this stuff I have no hope in this environment and I desperately hope nobody tries to ask me about any of it.

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diar.dev

I feel similar, although for me instead, this makes so much pressure that I forget everything I know :|

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NunoA21

I feel you mate, I had the same issue in the beginning of my career.
When we still have little, to no experience, we tend to compare ourselves to someone far above our level (to be honest, there will be many times where that happens, but you'll always break through that), but there will come a time when you'll have a better understanding of how stuff work.
Also, your curiosity will begin to call you to some blogs and news, related to programming, like this one. :)
By experience, I've learned more about programming more due to my curiosity, and perhaps it will always be like that :)
Give yourself time, be curious, we evolve more when we have fun and find things more enjoyable. :)