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You are sitting there because you know something which other people don’t. You are better than few if not all.

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How do you deal with feeling like a fraud at work?  I'm convinced I'm going to be exposed as a complete incompetent any day now. Anyone else feel like they're just really good at faking it?

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How do you deal with feeling like a fraud at work?

I'm convinced I'm going to be exposed as a complete incompetent any day now. Anyone else feel like they're just really good at faking it?

The Imposter Syndrome

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Yesterday,when i was about leaving my odc, i was called my manager in the conference room. he discussed about my perfromance and soon, he puts me into the belief of my bad performance , despite knowing numberos of appreciation from customer and time deliverbale, and post disucssion, i moved out and by the time, i reached to the parking area, i was completely into the sense of imposter syndrome.

How to deal with this ?

Imposter Syndrome

Product Marketing Manager

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I’ve been suffering from this all my life. My confidence has improved over time, but there are times when I still feel this returning.

How do you guys n gals deal with this at work?

Customer Service

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Started working in a new org two months back as a PM.
while discussing new requirememts with the tech I am always affraid that whatever I am saying is correct or not. As I am not familiar with all the systems.
Sometimes during sprint planning tech will tell me or my manager would say you missed this scenario or this functionality works like this so we may have some issue in approach you are taking.

I feel like everyone is  judging me if I am making any mistake.

No idea how to overcome this , pretty low on confidence now a days and keep on thinking am I good enough ?

Imposter syndrome

Product Manager

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Hey All, I am writing this to express how I am feeling since last 1 year now. This post will be a bit lengthy but I would be grateful if anyone could help me even a bit. 
I moved into a new company 1year back and due to bad work environment I left. I took a months break and joined a new company now. I have a total 5 years of work experience, my salary is extremely good. ( I don’t worry about this at all for now)

My problem is I don’t know what to do in my life. I guess I have quarter life crisis. 

Earlier I wanted to do music and act , I took professional classes and left because I felt bored idk why. I felt like I need someone to guide me and handhold me since I know no one in this industry. 
Talking about my job I have always moved into roles I loved every bit of work and I m very sincere and hardworking. 
I stopped working out , I stopped cycling, I stopped painting.
I stopped liking everything literally. Idk how to get back at things. I feel I am gonna die anyway why I need to do this , or that or etc etc. I even took counselling but it did not seem yo help me. 

Idk what to do. Please share your experiences too and what I need to do.

Mentally not well!

Market research

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Seeing colleagues getting promoted while your contribution goes unnoticed. Working on projects that none of your peers care about. Figuring out the balance between work and personal life. Regret of ignoring physical health due to work.

There are endless reasons that can trigger the imposter syndrome. How are you guys coping up with this?

How do you guys cope up with the imposter syndrome

Software Developer

How do I differentiate between imposter syndrome and not actually fitting my job?

Most people suffer from imposter syndrome wherever they go, for the first time at my new workplace - i don't have imposter syndrome. is this a good sign? I always felt if I do have imposter syndrome it means I'm striving for something beyond my means. If I don't feel it, does it mean I can do better?

Analyst

Off-late dealing with this and not able to collect enough courage to give interviews.

Any tips/suggestion to deal with it ?

How to deal with Imposter Syndrome?

Does this happen often with you? I can relate to this.

I work as an intern at a startup who pays me a reasonable 20k. Sometimes I feel I am not giving my 100 percent and I feel I am always lacking something. In my college, many of the students are preparing for GATE and hence not interested in doing internships. So they're always busy with either watching movies or making their notes. So when I see other students who are doing internships, I feel a little down. I don't know why. 
Is this what they call 'imposter syndrome' ? How to control those thoughts?

Confusing times . . .

How do Managers don't get imposter syndrome?

I mean they listen to some people's tasks, then bring that and tell some other people to execute those tasks and then collect those results and show it to the people who asked for it! 

(Asking for a friend)

Project Managers & Imposter Syndrome!

Project manager

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When I joined my previous company there was this overwhelming feeling that will I be able to thrive. Same feeling in the current company which I joined recently.

In my previous company that fear/feeling led to me doing much better than thriving.

Is impostor syndrome normal ? Why?

Is it normal to feel like a fraud/impostor when starting a new role in a new company?

Customer success

Some days I feel like I've fooled everyone into thinking I'm competent. Is this normal, or am I in over my head?
Do you struggle with imposter syndrome? How do you combat those feelings of self-doubt?

Imposter Syndrome: Am I qualified or just lucky?

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Forgive me my Sins

In 2017, after graduating, I joined a big IT corporate as an Associate Consultant (Engineer). My start date was delayed by six months, and four months in, I was benched with half my already very low pay.

Money was tight with rent and other expenses. My family expected me to start investing in jewellery and buying land.

I was new to Bangalore and wanted more money to visit bars and expensive restaurants every weekend. Wanted to buy a bike with good gear. Along the dream to have a girl riding behind me. Sab Aukat ke bahar.

As one does, I started looking out into startups. The problem - 0 relevant work ex.

So here it goes,
I had interned at a startup in college and knew what their documents looked like. Filled the 6 empty months in my CV with a job as a “SDE-I Android” working with the founder directly.
I spiced up my CV with claims of 2x load time, reducing costs, international team collaboration, and an award.
Some college awards to boot too!

I made a detailed fake job story, read interview books, solved questions and watched salary negotiation videos. Eventually, I got into a Series A startup with only having to make 1 fake certificate.
They never checked with my previous employers, and now I earn eight times what I would have.

The guilt and imposter syndrome haunted me until I started performing well. I still feel guilty, like last Holi when my family praised my achievements.

Just excused myself and went for a smoke and a ride out. The bike is here and it is a custom painted beauty.

Guilty thoughts still go by occasionally but I am becoming more and more comfortably numb to it every passing year.

I have since stopped outright lying and just partake in the standard resume inflation.

Had to let this out.

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