liminally chris🦀.eth ⬡ on X: "Imposter Syndrome and Power law distributions" / X
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Messages Home Explore Notifications Messages Grok Bookmarks Communities Premium Verified Orgs Profile More Post kristie! @kristiehuang Article Reply See new posts Conversation Pinned liminally chris.eth ⬡ @Chris_8086 Imposter Syndrome and Power law distributions 2 5 15 19K Nascent is in the process of hiring a select few cracked junior/mid level engineers to join our amazing team; so while it's fresh on my mind, it's a good opportunity to talk through one of my favorite topics -- imposter syndrome and my take on what it really means. 1. "Everyone else must know this" Many new engineers will hit a moment in their professional career, often early on, where they feel miles behind their peers in domain knowledge and ability. A terse PR comment, an “obvious in hindsight” bug, or a standing-in-front-of-a-whiteboard design session can bring about that sense of "I have no idea what's going on". Impostor syndrome shouldn’
Nascent is in the process of hiring a select few cracked junior/mid level engineers to join our amazing team; so while it's fresh on my mind, it's a good opportunity to talk through one of my favorite topics -- imposter syndrome and my take on what it really means. 1. "Everyone else must know this" Many new engineers will hit a moment in their professional career, often early on, where they feel miles behind their peers in domain knowledge and ability. A terse PR comment, an “obvious in hindsight” bug, or a standing-in-front-of-a-whiteboard design session can bring about that sense of "I…
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