I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
I'm Just Here For The T-Shirt
Coping with Impostor Syndrome
Shawn Oden | codefumonkey@gmail.com | @CodeFuMonkey | codefumonkey.com
How'd You Come Up With The Title?
Future Airline Pilot
Shawn Oden
Private Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Instrument Rating
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Instrument Rating)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
Future Airline Pilot
Shawn Oden
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Shawn Oden
Private Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Instrument Rating
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Instrument Rating)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
Who Am I?
Private Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Instrument Rating
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Single Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Instrument Rating)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land)
DBA / Programmer
Shawn Oden
Who Am I?
Shawn Oden
DBA / Programmer
CompTIA Security+
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist
(Plus CFMX certs from Macromedia & Adobe)
Currently hold a U.S. DoD Security Clearance
Who Am I?
Shawn Oden
Impostor
CompTIA Security+
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist
(Plus CFMX certs from Macromedia & Adobe)
Currently hold a U.S. DoD Security Clearance
Who Am I?
Shawn Oden
Impostor
CompTIA Security+
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist
(Plus CFMX certs from Macromedia & Adobe)
Currently hold a U.S. DoD Security Clearance
function sayHi(whoami){
return "Hello," & whoami & "!" ;
}
writeoutput( sayHi("World") );Who Am I?
Shawn Oden
Impostor
CompTIA Security+
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist
(Plus CFMX certs from Macromedia & Adobe)
Currently hold a U.S. DoD Security Clearance
function sayHi(whoami){
return "Hello," & whoami & "!" ;
}
writeoutput( sayHi("World") );SELECT *
Who Am I?
Shawn Oden
Impostor
CompTIA Security+
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist
(Plus CFMX certs from Macromedia & Adobe)
Currently hold a U.S. DoD Security Clearance
function sayHi(whoami){
return "Hello," & whoami & "!" ;
}
writeoutput( sayHi("World") );SELECT *
What Are We Going To Talk About?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
What Does Impostor Syndrome Look Like?
Why Is It A Bad Thing?
How Can We Stop It?
The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.
- Steve Furtick - Pastor
What Are We Going To Talk About?
How Can We Stop It?
Why Is It A Bad Thing?
What Does Impostor Syndrome Look Like?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
All I can see is everything I'm doing wrong that is a sham and a fraud.
- Don Cheadle - Actor
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
If I work extra hard, I can stay under the radar.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
If I work extra hard, I can stay under the radar.
The sooner I start a project, the sooner people will see I can't do it. So I procrastinate.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
If I work extra hard, I can stay under the radar.
The sooner I start a project, the sooner people will see I can't do it. So I procrastinate.
I don't like working with other people because I don't want them to find out I don't really know what I'm doing.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
Everyone around me is so much smarter than I am.
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
If I work extra hard, I can stay under the radar.
The sooner I start a project, the sooner people will see I can't do it. So I procrastinate.
I don't like working with other people because I don't want them to find out I don't really know what I'm doing.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I've fooled everyone into thinking I know what I'm doing.
Everyone around me is so much smarter than I am.
I'm lucky I've made it to where I am.
If I work extra hard, I can stay under the radar.
The sooner I start a project, the sooner people will see I can't do it. So I procrastinate.
I don't like working with other people because I don't want them to find out I don't really know what I'm doing.
"
Impostor Syndrome is the persistent inability to believe one's success is deserved or has been achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.
- Oxford English Dictionary
At least I haven't been caught yet.
〞
...despite outstanding academic and professional accomplishments, many (people) who experience the imposter phenomenon persist in believing that they are really not bright and have fooled anyone who thinks otherwise.
– Pauline Rose Clance & Suzanne Imes
Q: Do you suffer from Impostor Syndrome?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Impostor Syndrome
Dunning-Kruger vs Impostor Syndrome
What Are We Going To Talk About?
How Can We Stop It?
Why Is It A Bad Thing?
What Does Impostor Syndrome Look Like?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I have spent my years ... not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.
- Sonia Sotomayor- Supreme Court Justice
What Does It Look Like?
What Does It Look Like?
What Does It Look Like?
The Patterns Of Impostors
Procrastination:
If I never start, then I can't fail.
If I never finish, then I can't fail.
The Patterns Of Impostors
Procrastination:
If I never start, then I can't fail.
If I never finish, then I can't fail.
Risk Aversion:
If I don't take a risk, then I can't fail.
If I take a risk, then I might fail.
The Patterns Of Impostors
Procrastination:
If I never start, then I can't fail.
If I never finish, then I can't fail.
Risk Aversion:
If I don't take a risk, then I can't fail.
If I take a risk, then I might fail.
Using Your Voice:
If I say something, then everyone might think I'm wrong.
If I don't say anything, then nobody will think I'm wrong.
The Patterns Of Impostors
Procrastination:
If I never start, then I can't fail.
If I never finish, then I can't fail.
Risk Aversion:
If I don't take a risk, then I can't fail.
If I take a risk, then I might fail.
Work Ethic:
If I work hard and fail, then I just wasn't good enough.
If I don't work hard and I fail, then I should have worked harder.
Using Your Voice:
If I say something, then everyone might think I'm wrong.
If I don't say anything, then nobody will think I'm wrong.
The Patterns Of Impostors
Procrastination:
If I never start, then I can't fail.
If I never finish, then I can't fail.
Risk Aversion:
If I don't take a risk, then I can't fail.
If I take a risk, then I might fail.
Competitiveness:
If I help my competition, then I lost because I helped them.
If I do it on my own, then the others were just better than me.
Work Ethic:
If I work hard and fail, then I just wasn't good enough.
If I don't work hard and I fail, then I should have worked harder.
Using Your Voice:
If I say something, then everyone might think I'm wrong.
If I don't say anything, then nobody will think I'm wrong.
The Types Of Impostors
- The Perfectionist
- Focused on HOW THINGS ARE DONE
- The Expert
- Focused on HOW MUCH THEY KNOW
- The Soloist / Rugged Individualist
- Focused on WHO COMPLETES A TASK
- The Natural Genius
- Focused on HOW EASY A TASK IS
- The Super Person
- Focused on HOW MANY ROLES THEY CAN JUGGLE
The Perfectionist
- Focused on HOW THINGS ARE DONE
- Even tiny flaws are a BIG FAIL
- Want 100% perfection in their work
- May not like to delegate because they should do it right
- Often over-prepare
- Sets up a vicious cycle where eventual fail is crushing
- Sometimes procrastinate
- Want to know EXACTLY how to do a job before they start
The Perfectionist
- Focused on HOW THINGS ARE DONE
- Even tiny flaws are a BIG FAIL
- Want 100% perfection in their work
- May not like to delegate because they should do it right
- Often over-prepare
- Sets up a vicious cycle where eventual fail is crushing
- Sometimes procrastinate
- Want to know EXACTLY how to do a job before they start
How can we fix it?
- Some things don't deserve 100% effort
- "Good enough" is good enough
- It's OK to fail
- It's OK that you will ship code with bugs
- Fix it later
- Your desire for perfection may slow down others on your team
The Expert
- Focused on HOW MUCH THEY KNOW
- May not be an actual expert, but feel like they SHOULD be
- If only they were SMARTER
- Want to know EVERYTHING before taking a risk
- Always want to LEARN and KNOW MORE
- Certifications!
- Similar to a Perfectionist
- Never feel QUALIFIED enough
The Expert
How can we fix it?
- Nobody knows everything
- Learn your limits
- They don't make you "weaker"
- Respect those limits
- Don't be afraid to ask for help when needed
- There is always more to learn
- Focused on HOW MUCH THEY KNOW
- May not be an actual expert, but feel like they SHOULD be
- If only they were SMARTER
- Want to know EVERYTHING before taking a risk
- Always want to LEARN and KNOW MORE
- Certifications!
- Similar to a Perfectionist
- Never feel QUALIFIED enough
The Soloist
- Focused on WHO COMPLETES THE TASK
- Reluctant to ask for help
- If they knew what they were doing, they shouldn't need help
- Can lead to taking longer to complete a task
- Others can't figure out how "clueless" they are if not around
- Probably did well during COVID quarantines and WFH
The Soloist
- Focused on WHO COMPLETES THE TASK
- Reluctant to ask for help
- If they knew what they were doing, they shouldn't need help
- Can lead to taking longer to complete a task
- Others can't figure out how "clueless" they are if not around
- Probably did well during COVID quarantines and WFH
How can we fix it?
- Learn to recognize and evaluate the resources available to you
- Asking for help is not a bad thing
- Your work doesn't have to be earth-shattering to be useful
The Natural Genius
- Focused on HOW EASY THE TASK IS
- If a task isn't easy, then they just aren't smart enough
- "A real programmer wouldn't have this much trouble."
- Feel like they should already know how to do it
- Struggle == Failure
- Often just give up if it's too hard
The Natural Genius
How can we fix it?
- Realize that some things require effort
- It may take time to be a success
- You aren't expected to immediately know everything
- Struggle <> Failure
- Also, Try 1 < Try 2 < Try N
- Practice, practice, practice
- Focused on HOW EASY THE TASK IS
- If a task isn't easy, then they just aren't smart enough
- "A real programmer wouldn't have this much trouble."
- Feel like they should already know how to do it
- Struggle == Failure
- Often just give up if it's too hard
The Super Person
- Focused on HOW MANY ROLES THEY CAN JUGGLE
- Feel like they should be able to do it on their own
- To be useful to a task, they have to be able to do it all & do it well
- Often felt by working mothers
- Very susceptible to burnout
- Pretty much an extreme version of the other 4 types
-
Probably most affected by COVID quarantines
- Nobody to put a check on their overwork
The Super Person
How can we fix it?
- Slow down.
- It's OK to say "No"
- Learn to delegate
- Don't take on extra work
- Learn to respect your limits
- Realize that this behavior can send a bad message to the people who look up to you, like junior co-workers or even your kids
- Focused on HOW MANY ROLES THEY CAN JUGGLE
- Feel like they should be able to do it on their own
- To be useful to a task, they have to be able to do it all & do it well
- Often felt by working mothers
- Very susceptible to burnout
- Pretty much an extreme version of the other 4 types
-
Probably most affected by COVID quarantines
- Nobody to put a check on their overwork
The Types Of Impostors
- The Perfectionist
- IT'S ALMOST JUST RIGHT
- The Expert
- IF I WAS ONLY SMARTER
- The Soloist
- I SHOULDN'T NEED HELP
- The Natural Genius
- THIS SHOULD BE EASIER
- The Super Person
- I CAN DO ALL THIS
The Types Of Impostors
- The Perfectionist
- IT'S ALMOST JUST RIGHT
- The Expert
- IF I WAS ONLY SMARTER
- The Soloist
- I SHOULDN'T NEED HELP
- The Natural Genius
- THIS SHOULD BE EASIER
- The Super Person
- I CAN DO ALL THIS
WHICH ONE AM I?
Where AI Knocks Us Even More Off Balance
- The Perfectionist & The Expert
- The AI Trap: Obsessively auditing clean machine output out of paranoia, or feeling obsolete because a tool memorized the docs faster than you.
- How to Fight It: Syntax is now free. Your value isn't memorization anymore—it's understanding context, architecture, and why a solution fits.
- The Soloist & The Natural Genius
- The AI Trap: Hiding behind your screen with "clipboard anxiety," or panicking and giving up the moment the generated code breaks.
- How to Fight It: Stop treating AI like an oracle. Bring the ugly, broken code snippets to your peers. Shared code reviews kill the isolation.
- The Super Person
- The AI Trap: Using AI speed to say "Yes" to way too many tasks, artificially inflating your workload, and running straight into burnout.
- How to Fight It: Use AI velocity to buy back your own time to rest and think—not to double your project queue.
Where AI Knocks Us Even More Off Balance
- The Perfectionist & The Expert
- The AI Trap: Obsessively auditing clean machine output out of paranoia, or feeling obsolete because a tool memorized the docs faster than you.
- How to Fight It: Syntax is now free. Your value isn't memorization anymore—it's understanding context, architecture, and why a solution fits.
- The Soloist & The Natural Genius
- The AI Trap: Hiding behind your screen with "clipboard anxiety," or panicking and giving up the moment the generated code breaks.
- How to Fight It: Stop treating AI like an oracle. Bring the ugly, broken code snippets to your peers. Shared code reviews kill the isolation.
- The Super Person
- The AI Trap: Using AI speed to say "Yes" to way too many tasks, artificially inflating your workload, and running straight into burnout.
- How to Fight It: Use AI velocity to buy back your own time to rest and think—not to double your project queue.
Your struggle to use GenAI correctly rather than just quickly proves you aren't a fraud.
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Demographics of Impostors
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
Under-represented groups, like women and minorities, tend to feel Impostor Syndrome more intensely.
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
Under-represented groups, like women and minorities, tend to feel Impostor Syndrome more intensely.
Broader research has shown it affects men just as often. Anyone is susceptible to Impostor Syndrome.
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
Under-represented groups, like women and minorities, tend to feel Impostor Syndrome more intensely.
Broader research has shown it affects men just as often. Anyone is susceptible to Impostor Syndrome.
Roughly 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome.
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
Roughly 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome.
Under-represented groups, like women and minorities, tend to feel Impostor Syndrome more intensely.
Broader research has shown it affects men just as often. Anyone is susceptible to Impostor Syndrome.
Roughly 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome.
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
STORY TIME
Under-represented groups, like women and minorities, tend to feel Impostor Syndrome more intensely.
Everyone can experience Impostor Syndrome.
Broader research has shown it affects men just as often. Anyone is susceptible to Impostor Syndrome.
Felt most often by intelligent, capable people in a difficult career field or people in new positions.
Demographics of Impostors
Roughly 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome.
What Are We Going To Talk About?
I have written eleven books, but each time I think, 'Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody
and they’re going to find me out.'
- Dr. Maya Angelou - Author
How Can We Stop It?
Why Is It A Bad Thing?
What Does Impostor Syndrome Look Like?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
Why Is Impostor Syndrome Bad?
...organizations also pay a price when bright people play small, procrastinate, become workaholics or engage in other protecting mechanisms "imposters" use to cope with the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
- Dr. Valerie Young, EdD
〞
Why Is Impostor Syndrome Bad?
...organizations also pay a price when bright people play small, procrastinate, become workaholics or engage in other protecting mechanisms "imposters" use to cope with the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop..
- Dr. Valerie Young, EdD
〞
FOR THE EMPLOYEE
- Burnout
- Physical Impacts of the Stress
- Procrastination
- Low Self Worth
- Eventual Disgruntlement
- Missed Opportunities
Why Is Impostor Syndrome Bad?
FOR THE EMPLOYER
- Inadequate Job Performance
- Missed Work
- Loss of a Good Employee
- Impression on Other Employees
- Missing Out On a Good Employee
FOR THE EMPLOYEE
- Burnout
- Physical Impacts of the Stress
- Procrastination
- Low Self Worth
- Eventual Disgruntlement
- Missed Opportunities
...organizations also pay a price when bright people play small, procrastinate, become workaholics or engage in other protecting mechanisms "imposters" use to cope with the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop..
- Dr. Valerie Young, EdD
〞
Why Is Impostor Syndrome Bad?
FOR THE EMPLOYER
- Inadequate Job Performance
- Missed Work
- Loss of a Good Employee
- Impression on Other Employees
- Missing Out On a Good Employee
FOR THE EMPLOYEE
- Burnout
- Physical Impacts of the Stress
- Procrastination
- Low Self Worth
- Eventual Disgruntlement
- Missed Opportunities
STORY TIME
...organizations also pay a price when bright people play small, procrastinate, become workaholics or engage in other protecting mechanisms "imposters" use to cope with the anxiety of waiting for the other shoe to drop..
- Dr. Valerie Young, EdD
〞
Feeling fraudulent is a sign you are being challenged. And when we're challenged that's when we make breakthroughs.
– Farah Storr, Editor (Elle Magazine - UK) & Author
〞
https://www.elle.com/uk/.../imposter-syndrome-every-womans-secret-weapon/
What Are We Going To Talk About?
How Can We Stop It?
Why Is It A Bad Thing?
What Does Impostor Syndrome Look Like?
What Is Impostor Syndrome?
I still sometimes feel like a loser kid in high school and I just have to pick myself up and tell myself that I'm a superstar every morning so that I can get through this day and be for my fans what they need for me to be.
- Lady Gaga - Musician
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
- Talk About It
- Find someone you trust and talk to them.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
- Talk About It
- Find someone you trust and talk to them.
- Own Your Achievements
- Take a good, honest look at the things you've done.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
- Talk About It
- Find someone you trust and talk to them.
- Own Your Achievements
- Take a good, honest look at the things you've done.
- Evaluate Your Strengths & Limitations
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
- Talk About It
- Find someone you trust and talk to them.
- Own Your Achievements
- Take a good, honest look at the things you've done.
- Evaluate Your Strengths & Limitations
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
- Nobody Knows Everything
- "I don't know" is OK.
- Just-In-Time Learning: Learn what you need to use.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
- First and Foremost, Recognize the Problem
- Try to see yourself as others see you.
- Be Around Other People
- See people in your field but outside your circle.
- Attend Conferences and Meetups.
- Talk About It
- Find someone you trust and talk to them.
- Own Your Achievements
- Take a good, honest look at the things you've done.
- Evaluate Your Strengths & Limitations
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
- Nobody Knows Everything
- "I don't know" is OK.
- Just-In-Time Learning: Learn what you need to use.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
STORY TIME
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
- Reframe Your Views
- Take an honest and open measure of yourself.
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
- Reframe Your Views
- Take an honest and open measure of yourself.
- Learn to Recognize the BS
- Most people will try to sound smarter around others.
What Can I do To Fight ImpostorISM?
What Can I do To Fight Impostorism?
- Nobody Is Perfect All The Time
- Don't expect to always be 110%.
- Recognize When You Need A Break
- Don't overwork yourself.
- Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People
- Everyone has different skills.
- Start Speaking In Front Of Others
- Get more comfortable in your own skin.
- Meet Your Heroes
- What are you good at? What do you need help with?
- Who around you can help?
- Reframe Your Views
- Take an honest and open measure of yourself.
- Learn to Recognize the BS
- Most people will try to sound smarter around others.
You Are Not Alone
You're In Good Company
Tom Hanks, Sheryl Sandberg, Lady Gaga, Maisie Williams,
Barbara Corcoran, Tina Fey, Agatha Christie, Lupita Nyong'o,
Emma Watson, Arianna Huffington, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron,
Serena Williams, Seth Godin, Kate Winslet, Renée Zellweger,
Amy Poehler, Amy Adams, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lopez
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Maya Angelou .....
You're In Good Company
Tom Hanks, Sheryl Sandberg, Lady Gaga, Maisie Williams,
Barbara Corcoran, Tina Fey, Agatha Christie, Lupita Nyong'o,
Emma Watson, Arianna Huffington, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron,
Serena Williams, Seth Godin, Kate Winslet, Renée Zellweger,
Amy Poehler, Amy Adams, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lopez
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Maya Angelou .....
Natalie Portman:
When I got to Harvard just after the release of Star Wars: Episode 1, I feared people would assume I had gotten in just for being famous, and not worthy of the intellectual rigor here.
You're In Good Company
When I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke. I thought everybody would find out, and they’d take it back. They'd come to my house, knocking on the door, "Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else. That was going to
Meryl Streep.
- Jodie Foster- Actor
You're In Good Company
You think, "Why would anyone want to see me again in a movie? And I don't know how to act anyway, so why am I doing this?"
- Meryl Streep - Actor
When I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke. I thought everybody would find out, and they’d take it back. They'd come to my house, knocking on the door, "Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else. That was going to
Meryl Streep.
- Jodie Foster- Actor
You're In Good Company
Neil Gaiman - Author
Some years ago, I was lucky enough [to be] invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.
On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I
doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”
You're In Good Company
Neil Stephensen, Neil Armstrong and Neil Gaiman
I just went where I was sent.
- Neil Armstrong
This perfectionism, this constant need to verify, to reflect, to anticipate disaster before it strikes, it’s not just anxiety (as we’re often the calmest during the chaos) it’s what keeps systems running. It’s what lets organizations trust their data and make decisions without fear.
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We’re not broken; we’re built for resilience, persistence and removal of human error whenever possible.
– Kellyn Gorman, DBA Kevlar
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https://www.sqlservercentral.com/editorials/the-mindset-of-a-database-administrator-a-love-letter-to-risk-aversion
Just Remember:
Nobody can tell you to stop being an Impostor.
You have to convince yourself.
Just Remember:
Nobody can tell you to stop being an Impostor.
You have to convince yourself.
Actual Frauds Don't Have Impostor Syndrome
YOU GOT THIS
TAKE YOUR STEP
- Impostor Syndrome Institute | Dr. Valerie Young
- Amazon: The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women | Valerie Young, Ed.D.
- The Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women
- Clance Impostor Phenomenon Test | Dr. Pauline Rose Clance
- YouTube: Natalie Portman Harvard Commencement Speech | Harvard 2015
- YouTube: Michelle Obama explains Impostor syndrome
- YouTube: The Impostor Syndrome Banishing Spell | Dona Sarkar | TEDxUIUC
- Self Compassion | Dr. Kristin Neff
Where Can I Find More Info?
Shawn Oden | codefumonkey@gmail.com | @CodeFuMonkey | codefumonkey.com
“The only way to stop feeling like an impostor,
is to stop thinking like an impostor.”
- Dr. Valerie Young
Slides can be found at https://slides.com/codefumonkey/hftts-dod_stl_26
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