I absolutely know this feeling! I can think back on many interactions at meetups where someone was making a joke or comment on something related to code/development and it went right over my head. I tried to laugh along with others and seem like I got it while internally I was freaking out about not knowing what was going on and not being able to add my thoughts when it seemed like everyone else was.
It is something I still deal with to this day where I get caught up wondering if people all think I have no idea what I’m talking about and if I will get caught for being an imposter at some point.
30+ years of tech, retired from an identity intelligence company, now part-time with an insurance broker.
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I absolutely know this feeling! I can think back on many interactions at meetups where someone was making a joke or comment on something related to code/development and it went right over my head. I tried to laugh along with others and seem like I got it while internally I was freaking out about not knowing what was going on and not being able to add my thoughts when it seemed like everyone else was.
It is something I still deal with to this day where I get caught up wondering if people all think I have no idea what I’m talking about and if I will get caught for being an imposter at some point.
Obligatory XKCD#2: