Impostor syndrome is canceled - Sure, I get it. Everyone has it. And while it might be the hottest buzzphrase in our profession, I'd like to sto...
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I love these resolutions and especially #1 resonates a lot. Let's just stop talking ourselves down already and talk about it like it's some condition we can never overcome. We're good at what we do, damn it!
Happy new year and wishing you all the best!
"I’ve found that I can be somewhat irrationally afraid of the greater developer community and this has caused me to be a wallflower so to speak."
I had a similar experience but with a first-time presenter. After a minute of my anxiety going through the roof I just decided to speak up and point out the bug. He was able to resolve it and finish his presentation. We chatted afterwards, he thanked me for the help, and we ended up becoming good friends.
My dev year resolution is to actually ship my side projects!
Happy new year and thanks for sharing!
I wholeheartedly agree, with the exception of #2, it's even more difficult with young children, though I would trade them for it :smirk:. I'd like to go to local meetups every once in a while though.
While I no longer feel that I have Impostor Syndrome I still get down on myself for mistakes, in code and in life. I need to stop.
I have a similar story to your workshop. I was at a presentation about Angular 2 and why it was chosen for the project, and they got on the topic of code editors. No one know why VS Code has a built in Typescript compiler. I did but I didn't say anything. It's written in Typescript, so why not have a built in compiler.
This feeling a real driving force for what we're trying to build with dev.to
Numbers 3 and 5 are on my list as well. Just saw a talk about contributing to React and Hacktoberfest last year and want to get more onto the OSS train, as well as flexing some coding chops.
As for reading, I haven't been keeping up on stuff since college specifically for coding, so I am picking up books to help me get up to speed. Mostly this resolution is to not be afraid to pay for learning, free tutorials only get so far and are of varying quality. Not that every book is gold-standard amazing, but there are a number of good, well-recommended resources.
I did Hacktoberfest this past October. It was my first dip into open source so I was a bit intimidated to start, but I ended up finding so many projects I could contribute to. I felt rewarded before I even got that free shirt in the mail haha. I highly recommend it to anyone.
Thanks, #2 & #5 are on my list too. Especially #5 but yesterday I tried my best and took some actions so as to get rid of it,kinda happy right now because I'm already seeing the results on social media platforms
I recognize the 'impostor syndrome' but I seem to have it only when doing frontend work, not backend. I think it really stems from the fact that I have no formal education in web/GUI design, maybe it's time to do a course to get the basics down.
So that might be my new year's resolution ... and to finally get a proper website running for my freelancer business.
My #1 for 2018 is a continuation of my 2017 one, get in better physical health. I lost 75 pounds in 2017 and I have 25 more to go. It's just so easy to sit in front of a computer screen all day, consuming carbs while coding, a hard habit to break.
For #2, "Impostor Syndrome"? Yep. I've found that to be an issue with interviewing for jobs recently. I think some interviewers delight in asking obscure language trivia questions or devising unrealistic tests just to make other developers feel bad. I've just started to take the view that companies that interview this way probably aren't good ones to work for anyway. Should I be in a position to interview programmers again this year, I want to make sure my interview questions bring out the best in candidates, not bring out their fears.
For #3 in 2018, I do plan on expanding my knowledge of Angular and on IoT devices. Going back to little computers takes me full circle back to the 80's when I first started programming on little PC's like the Timex-Sinclair and Radio Shack Color Computer.
Your list inspired me to add #4 and #5 to my list. I'm definitely going to travel more and share what I've learned even more, specially here at dev.to. I always felt ashamed to publish something that I like or have been learning by fearing that someone would think its too basic or "begginers-friendly". Thankfully, this doesn't happen here at dev, so I feel at home.
About #2, yeah I got you, but I'm willing to see an upturn for the best. Also, therapy is helping me a lot with it.
And my tip to everyone: drink a lot of water, eat healthy stuff and do exercises (go to the gym, go on a bike ride, go for a walk in your neighborhood...). I had needed to get pretty bad on both physical and mental health to realize how these three basic tasks are so important to our lives. In the end of the day, your body is the only place you have to live on.
Happy new year and thanks for sharing!
Oh man, we're twins! Down to "I need to refocus on things outside of code" and impostor syndrome and all of it.
Good luck De !
Lot of this resonates to me too.
n° 2 resonates a lot with me :(