Kicking Imposter Syndrome in the Head
summary
Clear, actionable tactics replace pep talk: diagnose impostor feelings, watch self‑minimizing language, and create norms that let people ask for help without shame. Concrete moves include repurpose the swear jar for self‑deprecating emails, list accomplishments every Monday publicly, document weird code quirks (project has 350,000 legacy Perl lines), and adopt Hacker School‑style rules to ban "well actually" and fake surprise. Claim: these steps shrink attrition and make projects with many novices (65% new coders) more productive.
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- 0:00Start
- 11:41Question corrections
- 17:12Practice accepting compliments
- 20:34Take questions seriously
- 27:29Document things that everyone knows
- 29:29Make it no big deal for people to ask for help or admit defeat
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