Imposter Syndrome Ain't Just a River in Egypt
summary
A self taught engineer recounts concrete beats: wrote four drivers shipping in Solaris, built a kernel test service to allocate hardware and run tests, and rose from level I to staff without leaving the company despite living with persistent self doubt. Claims include long 70–80 hour workweeks, measurable promotions and shipped code, and practical remedies — cognitive therapy, logging provable successes, saying “I don’t know” in meetings, pruning social feeds, mentoring and seeking peer confessions.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:51Impostor Syndrome
- 13:27Shame
- 14:33The Human Brain
- 16:18Focusing on Being Positive
- 17:29Being Brave
- 20:11Fear of Missing Out Fomo
- 21:20Social Media
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