Developer, knitter and e-textile enthusiast. Seeing many similarities in handicrafts and programming. Reading and writing about diversity and inclusion.
Oh gosh, (now that I've also said out loud to my peers and colleagues that I feel like an imposter, and have heard them say it back to me) I think we all feel this at least once a week, sometimes once a day :)
What has helped me a lot, was this "imposter syndrome course" by Elisa the coder whisperer. [The course is unfortunately only in Finnish.] Elisa has some very good and sharp points about this industry (it being a relatively new industry, whose technologies, businesses and basically everything is changing and moving) and that programming as work is development: by definition it is uncertain and full of questions of how to solve problems.
Oh gosh, (now that I've also said out loud to my peers and colleagues that I feel like an imposter, and have heard them say it back to me) I think we all feel this at least once a week, sometimes once a day :)
What has helped me a lot, was this "imposter syndrome course" by Elisa the coder whisperer. [The course is unfortunately only in Finnish.] Elisa has some very good and sharp points about this industry (it being a relatively new industry, whose technologies, businesses and basically everything is changing and moving) and that programming as work is development: by definition it is uncertain and full of questions of how to solve problems.
That is a really good point, thanks for sharing Senja! ❤️