Imposter Syndrome

Test version of Imposter Syndrome talk

Transcript

1. Imposter Syndrome Rachel Collingridge @missbassethorn
2. Why? Highly prevalent in • high-achievers • women • those in the IT industry
3. What is it? feeling like a fraud… doubting your own ability… putting successes down to luck… … when all external evidence points to the contrary
4. What else is it? • imagining everyone else is an expert
5. A bit about me • trained musician • accidental software developer • .NET to Rails developer
6. What’s my interest? Melbourne RubyConf 2015: “Feeling Like a Better Developer” Joss Paling @joshuapaling
7. What to do? • we know about it, how to fix it?
8. Joss Paling’s “6 things” 1. share / talk / read 2. teach 3. opine (back yourself!) 4. don’t undervalue soft skills 5. work with others 6. get some work/life balance
9. Rachel’s “just 1 more thing” • don’t stop challenging yourself
10. Cured? probably not… … but to be conscious of self-doubt is a step towards overcoming it