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Imposter Syndrome - I Don't Feel Like Who You Think I Am
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- 1 Intro
- 2 He could not internalize success
- 3 This is Imposter Syndrome
- 4 What was I contributing to the infosec field?
- 5 I was just testing web apps
- 6 I didn't know how to program
- 7 My life was actually quite good in 2012
- 8 looked for work outside infosec
- 9 Listening to a podcast
- 10 And things started making sense
- 11 First described by Dr. Suzanne Imes & Dr. Pauline Rose Clance in a 1978 paper
- 12 Your subjective perception overpowers objective reality
- 13 Imposter Feelings may come and go within a person
- 14 About 70% of people experience at least one episode in their life
- 15 A continuum of signs and feelings
- 16 Pressure to achieve
- 17 Starting new projects or new work
- 18 More likely the longer you are in a field
- 19 Dunning-Kruger Effect
- 20 The Imposter Feelings Cycle
- 21 Fear of success and Fear of failure
- 22 Failure to try
- 23 Are you asking, "Do/did I have Imposter Feelings?"
- 24 You attributed your successes to luck
- 25 You belittled your work or accomplishments
- 26 You discounted your contributions
- 27 There are online tests
- 28 People with Imposter Feelings suffer in silence
- 29 You can work to overcome Imposter Feelings
- 30 Recognize trigger feelings and situations
- 31 Request honest feedback
- 32 Reframe your negative thoughts
- 33 achievements, accomplishments and progress
- 34 Practice accepting compliments
- 35 Remember what you do well
- 36 Realize that no one is perfect
- 37 You a perfectionist? Work a project until it is good enough
- 38 Put a time limit on revising work
- 39 Use "safe" environments to practice skills
- 40 I strive to be a high-functioning imposter
- 41 Imposter Feelings Resources
