Colin Chartier | Startups, software

I occasionally mindlessly scroll through Linkedin to try to keep up with what the professional world looks like outside of my comfortable tech startup bubble. Often while scrolling I'll run across those "live-laugh-love"-esque motivational quotes which are endemic to the platform. I usually don't find anything particularly meaningful from the comics, but I once ran across a one which really resonated with me. The gist of that comic is the title of this post. The basic premise is that there is no ultimate human which everyone looks up to - we all admire each-other and compare ourselves on different facets. As a child, I was top of my tap dancing class and among the best of my friends at calculus, but I compared my friends' popularity with my lack thereof and felt that fate had put me at a charismatic disadvantage. There was a cycle of impostor syndrome: I felt I was unpopular and uncharismatic in comparison to a friend, and that friend would feel inferior because they didn't win as many

I occasionally mindlessly scroll through Linkedin to try to keep up with what the professional world looks like outside of my comfortable tech startup bubble. Often while scrolling I'll run across those "live-laugh-love"-esque motivational quotes which are endemic to the platform. I usually don't find anything particularly meaningful from the comics, but I once ran across a one which really resonated with me. The gist of that comic is the title of this post. The basic premise is that there is no ultimate human which everyone looks up to - we all admire each-other and compare ourselves on diffe