WordCamp Auckland: I'm an imposter because...

Imposter Syndrome. It’s not new and anyone can get it, be they royalty, an American founding father or – in modern times – web professionals of all stages in their career and of all disciplines.

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1. I’m an imposter because… Peter Wilson • @pwcc • peterwilson.cc
2. Imposter Syndrome Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud". –Wikipedia
3. Imposter Syndrome Impostor syndrome is that internal voice telling you that despite objective success, in fact, you’re shit at your job. –Peter Wilson
4. Loaded with superabundant talent, [he] was a mass of insecurities that he usually kept well hidden. He always had to fight the residual sadness of the driven man, the unspoken melancholy of the prodigy. –Ron Chernow
6. Photo: Joan Marcus
9. Photo: @WCEurope
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14. You are a real developer.
15. You’re not a good developer.
16. You’re not a good developer I see myself as a front end developer who knows enough back end
 to be dangerous. –Peter Wilson
19. Hello World
20. flic.kr/p/9h2dWR
21. flic.kr/p/oA9xdT
22. flic.kr/p/niwAQi
23. My inner monologue is a real bastard.
24. Managing the imposter
25. clearleft.com
26. Jeremy Keith
27. An expectation of learning
28. An expectation of ignorance
29. Jeremy Keith
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31. 01100010 01101111 01100100 01111001 00100000 01111011 00001010 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 01101101 01100001 01110010 01100111 01101001 01101110 00101101 01110100 01101111 01110000 00111010 00100000 00110000 00111011 00001010 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 01101101 01100001 01110010 01100111 01101001 01101110 00101101 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 00111010 00100000 00110000 00111011 00001010 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 01101101 01100001 01110010 01100111 01101001 01101110 00101101 01100010 01101111 01110100 01110100 01101111 01101101 00111010 00100000 00110000 00111011 00001010 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 01101101 01100001 01110010 01100111 01101001 01101110 00101101 01101100 01100101 01100110 01110100 00111010 00100000 00110000 00111011 00001010 01111101 You’re a real developer if… Hello, my name is Tim. I'm a lead at Google with over 30 years coding experience and I need to look up how to get [a string’s length]. 5:02 AM - 27 Feb 2017 Tim Dierks @tdierks
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34. 
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35. Hello my name is Jon, I'm the Android lead at Phunware. I can't read an input stream without copying and pasting code from stack overflow. Jon F Hancock @JonFHancock 5:02 AM - 27 Feb 2017
36. Hello my name is Jon, I'm the Android lead at Phunware. I can't read an input stream without copying and pasting code from stack overflow. ♥ Jon F Hancock @JonFHancock 5:02 AM - 27 Feb 2017
37. Never feel like an imposter again
38. Never feel like an imposter again Terms and conditions apply.
41. See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
 We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it! Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
 When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again! –Hercules Mulligan (Hamilton the Musical)
42. Be a ruffian
43. Be a ruffian Get the fuck back up again
44. Suppose … a deep disbelief in myself, forced me to do a magic to bring up to the surface a thing I know anyway? Does that make any sense to you? –Samuel Hamilton (East of Eden)
45. Suppose … a deep disbelief in myself, forced me to do a magic to bring up to the surface a thing I know anyway? Does that make any sense to you? –Samuel Hamilton (East of Eden)
46. Thank you Peter Wilson • @pwcc • peterwilson.cc ruffian
47. Discussion Peter Wilson • @pwcc • peterwilson.cc ruffian