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Discussion on: On Being a Hopelessly Insecure Programmer

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Daragh Byrne

Do you meditate? Have you read up on impostor syndrome?

You are 100% correct. The feelings never totally go away (I'm 18 years in the industry and they still flare up from time to time). Management is key. Understanding my own psychology and learning to have a different relationship with my thoughts and feelings by practicing mindfulness has been key!

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Stefanos Kouroupis

It depends on your personality... I am in the industry as long as you are but when I make a mistake which might result in a bit of downtime...for example... I am not worrying about my skills rather I worry because I woke up someone (with a family) from the Dev ops.

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Daragh Byrne

Indeed. Some worry is totally legitimate. I find my mind adds a bit extra on top that could probably be done without in most situations. Piecing together which is which is a lifetime of detective work!