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Beating Impostor Syndrome (NordicRuby 2016)

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Beating Impostor Syndrome (NordicRuby 2016)

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June 18, 2016

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  1. Arjan van der Gaag @avdgaag • arjanvandergaag.nl

  2. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Impostor syndrome

  3. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl 70%

  4. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl 70%

  5. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl your notion of competence is making you

    feel like a fraud

  6. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Can we trust our mind?

  7. None

  8. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Well, actually… clojure ES6 webpack css3 html5

    http2 Ruby rails CORS CQRS React ELM immutability design patterns unit testing performance devops docker ansible heroic AWS microservices postgresql Redis upstart Node.js UX API Scrum kanban coffee Git

  9. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Flawless effortless everything alone

  10. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl self- sabotage

  11. None
  12. None

  13. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl courage is to act in spite of

    fear

  14. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl You your code are not

  15. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl giving and receiving Feedback

  16. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Boundaries & expectations

  17. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl coaching

  18. None

  19. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl beat impostor syndrome

  20. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl beatimpostorsyndrome

  21. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl beatimpostorsyndrome.net

  22. @avdgaag | arjanvandergaag.nl Take control & be awesome