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Discussion on: Even Senior Developers Have Imposter Syndrome

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Kevin Hicks

Don't give up on this if you enjoy the work. It is tough and there is a lot to learn, but making any progress and writing any code makes you a developer. The more experience you get, it will get a little easier and you should feel more confident over time. It's just important to recognize this feeling may not go away and have a way to cope with it when you do feel it coming on.

Technical interviews are hard. We get so nervous in interviews that our minds just forget things we know. It's so easy to forget in an interview just to remember it as you are walking out of the interview.

If you've done enough interviews, you may have taken the Fizzbuz test. As a senior developer, I failed that test. It was a mixture of nerves and not remembering how to calculate multiples since I don't work with that a lot.

Completing side projects and write for blogs is also really tough. That is putting ourselves out there even more than interviews or regular jobs. Just try to take small steps and slowly get more comfortable. Recognize that any views, comments, likes, etc. are a sign you are doing a good job.