Where are my fellow ladies at?
How do you battle imposter syndrome in the classroom or workplace?

Men get imposter syndrome too - I just apply the YOLO principle - that is, do my best and hope for the best. Also there is a small amount of comfort in knowing that most developers experience Imposter Syndrome so we are all imposters together.

@unsignedint Thanks so much for the reply. Its comforting to know you're not alone!

I have imposter syndrome and so does everyone else on my team, regardless of gender. We have no idea what we're doing and are just learning as we go, but everyone else acts like we're "rockstar developers" or whatever. It's actually a bit scary to think about.

Imposter Syndrome is rampant in tech fields. Tons of people experience it. The best thing to do is remind yourself of the fact that you do sometimes know what you're doing, and that most of the people you deal with know even less than you do.

I am an imposter but fake it til you make it bby

I deal with it several times a week, and then one of the people I work with will break something, and I'll fix it and they think I'm a rockstar. I literally had someone tell me that last week. But mostly, I'm an imposter; I have no clue what I'm doing, but I effectively use Google to get things done. But then I realize, maybe my self-expectation is too high, and I should just chill. I think the reason they think I'm so great, is that I treat everyone super nice, even when they don't deserve it, and I treat them, especially our H1B visa folks with respect and dignity.

Always.
Even as the lead dev at a game studio with 12 years experience. Admittedly less then, but absolutely still there.

@UnicornPoo fuck buzz words.

i may be an impostor but at least i'm not asking for AI to analyze our call center kpi's... like... just look at the bloody numbers for 1½ second.

Not a fellow lady, commenting anyway :3

My philosophy is that, as long as whatever you're doing works out to be working, being an impostor doesn't matter. If you provide working solutions for problems they feed you, you are doing the work they are paying you to do.

Then, probably, as a women you're getting paid less for the same work. In that sense you probably are an even "more efficient" problem solver.

I think the impostor syndrome is also a positive thing: it keeps us learning.

Not a lady, but who cares?

I don't really experience imposter syndrome, I already know that I'm shit at what I'm doing

That being said, welcome to devRant!