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Discussion on: Battling Imposter Syndrome By Understanding the Dunning Kruger Effect

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Speaking from experience having had impostor syndrome myself. I think it is not necessarily a bad thing depending on your point of view. Impostor syndrome is what motivated me to learn more and become better at what I do. At the end of the day it disappeared when I got more confident in myself and my programming abilities.

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Yes agreed! I feel like the syndrome is more geared to those who are truly astonishing in their field, their awards and research prove it, yet they still feel that they don't know anything so people may find out they are a fraud.

There's a big different in feeling like you don't know things and understanding there's more to learn, but imposter syndrome can be a very serious condition for those who are at the top tier in their industry, yet feel like they shouldn't be.

Awesome to hear that you became a better programmer because of your feelings of imposter syndrome !