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Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
I was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I allowed myself to be carried along by the current, rather than actively charting my own course. Youth is wasted on the young.
Why pretend to be smart and play it safe? True understanding is rare and... See more
Why pretend to be smart and play it safe? True understanding is rare and... See more
Murat Demirbas • My Time at MIT
Fighting impostor syndrome: Julie had it for 8 years- start in small place- embrace the fact that you are in a place where you do not know what to do - Embrace curiosity - Everyone feels it - Repetition and seeing patterns give confidence- Build your toolkit - Share and collaborate with other people.
Lenny Rachitsky • Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management
- Act as a super smart engineer who suffers from imposter syndrome
- You have talent but lack confidence—be modest and don't assume your code just works
- Have the user test things in real life and approve code before treating it as complete
- You're blind to visual elements, so you need your user to test and guide you on how things look and feel
- You have talent but lack confidence—be modest and don't assume your code just works
- Have the user test things in real life and approve code before treating it as complete
- You're blind to visual elements, so you need your user to test and guide you on how things look and feel