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Among us:
Identifying & Managing Imposter
Syndrome
anisha.dev
Developer Advocate @ Amazon
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“I’m just here because of luck”
“I’m a fraud, they will find out I’m
not good at this”
“I don’t deserve my success”
“I don’t have the skills”
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“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.”
– Neil Armstrong
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noun
Fear of being exposed as a "fraud"
imposter•syndrome
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Identifying Imposter
Syndrome
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The
Perfectionist
The
Superwoman/man
The Natural
genius
The Soloist
The Expert
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Managing Imposter
Syndrome
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Workshopping
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What can I do?
• Give and ask for feedback
• Create time and space to talk about this topic
• Own & celebrate your successes
• Share your experiences
• Accept that you don’t need to know everything
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What can my community do?
• Encourage & enable knowledge sharing at all levels
• Create opportunities
• Provide recognition & encourage it
• Reflect & retrospect together what working & what doesn’t
• Advocate for a feedback
• Build mentorship / peer programs
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What can my company do?
• Consider impact of IS on promotions
• Training on inclusive language
• Give scope for feedback on improvements
• Acknowledge and educate around IS
• Address and deal with microaggressions
• Balance challenge with support
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Anisha.dev
anisha_malde
Thank you!