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BUILDING CONFIDENCE AS A
DEVELOPER
HASSAN SANI
I love to do things I don’t understand
You can find me on
@iNidAName @iNidAName @iNidAName
Impostor syndrome (also known as
impostor phenomenon or fraud
syndrome) is a concept describing
individuals who are marked by an
inability to internalize their
accomplishments and a persistent fear
of being exposed as a “fraud".
-Source Wikipedia
The Impostor Syndrome
Signs of the Impostor Syndrome
You Have Difficulty Accepting Praise You Tend to Discount Your Own Success
Signs of the Impostor Syndrome
You think it’s too easy — that anyone could
do it
You believe that what you’re doing is never
enough.
The Inception:
To Build a static Personal Page
After Tutorial:
Build a Todo App
Job Interview:With a readable and reusable code using Brute
force algorithms build an API for a Scalable App,
allowing a total stranger to fetch Data.
Why this is common among Developers.
The harmful effects of impostor syndrome
• Under-compensate
• Negative self-evaluations
• Never finishing
• Active self-sabotage
Ultimate Consequences
• You lose opportunities.
• You get burn out.
• You sabotage your own personal development,
career or relationship.
• You don’t enjoy life
• You get depressed
• You’re Not Getting Any Work Done
Have confidence that if you have done a
little thing well, you can do a bigger thing
well too. - David Storey
How to Over Come the Impostor SyndromeAccept Who You are
How to Over Come the Impostor Syndrome
Attend Meet Up
• Most Importantly Eat the free food
• Ask Questions or Contribute
How to Over Come the Impostor Syndrome
Build something and put it to the public
• Give access to feedbacks
How to Over Come the Impostor SyndromeTake A break
• Take a walk
• Take a run
• Go outside
• Eat something (food)
• Talk to friends and families
• Just do something that doesn’t
involve coding
How to Over Come the Impostor Syndrome
Using Technical Issues
• Join Online Forum
• Ask/Contribute to online Forum
• Contribute to open source
• Code Code and Code
• Surround Yourself with positive
people
• and Again Believe in yourself