Career Changers & Impostor Syndrome: Leveraging Your Unique Strengths

It's very common for Impostor Syndrome to impact career changers, especially in their first dev role. Instead of going into the job with a deficit mindset, let’s talk about the unique skills you bring to the table that you’ve honed throughout your previous experiences.

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1. Career Changers & Imposter Syndrome: LEVERAGING YOUR UNIQUE STRENGTHS
2. 'Tine Zekis (she/her/hers) u Career changer u Former educator u Mid-level software engineer @tinezekis
3. Imposter Syndrome u A thought pattern in which a person diminishes their own accomplishments, often attributing their successes to luck* u This is coupled with a fear of being discovered to be a ”fraud”, or not as capable as they appear to be* u Imposter Syndrome affects people at all stages of their careers * Paraphrased from Wikipedia
4. Career Changers & Imposter Syndrome It’s tough to be new There are times when you feel you don’t belong Some of your colleagues have been coding since high school!
5. Deficit Mindset u I’ve never done this u I don’t know much about that u One day, they’ll all realize that I don’t know what I’m doing
6. Ditch the Deficit Mindset u Let’s stop thinking about what you don’t have (yet) u What are your unique talents? u What are your transferable skills?
7. Example: Former Math Teacher u Public speaking u Justice work u Explaining technical concepts u “I’m a developer who speaks human.”
8. So, What about You?
9. What Are the Skills You Bring? CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMUNICATION SKILLS PATTERN RECOGNITION CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING PERSUASION
10. Being New Is an Asset, Too! u Fresh eyes u Asking new questions u Looking at things with a different perspective
11. Awesome Dev Teams Aren’t just looking for a good fit…
12. Awesome Dev Teams Are looking for a good ADD!
13. Strut Source: www.nyfw.com via www.giphy.com
14. Thank You u ‘Tine Zekis u @tinezekis u tinezekis@gmail.com