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A message from an Impostor

Leonardo Montini on July 17, 2023

Impostor syndrome is quite popular in the tech industry. People around you seem to be super experts, while you feel like you don't know anything a...
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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard • Edited

This manifesto is great but it is not an imposter manifesto though.
An imposter manifesto would tell you how to do an epic imposture like selling the Eiffel Tower or a New York bridge.

What you have is a "Great Learner Manifesto"

The first guy to sign this manifesto was a Rust developer from Ancient Greece called Socrates and he puts it this way

The only thing I know is that I know nothing*

(*) not exactly true, he was great at asking questions and on ethical issues.


Imposter syndrome on the other hand is about an inner voice that belittles you all the time

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Leonardo Montini

I think the "mismatching" connection with the term Impostor is intentional here.

If you feel like you're an impostor, you should try to shift the focus to the mentioned points in the manifesto so that instead of being a fraud, you're openly someone who's learning which is more than ok, it's great :D

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Yes we agree

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Peter Witham

Always glad to see things like this continue to be a discussion out there in public to help those quietly wondering if they should say anything. I can never decide if I feel like an imposter or just having a self-doubt day. Either way, I like spinning it to a positive and saying I'm always curious and always learning whilst wanting to stand up and help.

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Leonardo Montini

Yes! That's exactly about that! :D

If we can try to shift the focus from impostor to learner, it's way better to live with :)

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Emanuele Bartolesi

Welcome to the family.

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Leonardo Montini

Thank you πŸ˜‚

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Marc-Daniel DALEBA

that's kinda sus...

impostor

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Leonardo Montini

I was unsure if put somewhere a reference to Among Us, is it still a thing? πŸ˜…

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Flavius

࢞

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Tanmay Chakrabarty

How did you add that "Author Box" at the end of the article Leonardo? Is it because you are part of an Org?

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Leonardo Montini

No, you can also do that :)

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