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[–] ICastFist 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Let’s name the elephant in the server room: Our entire industry runs on imposter syndrome.

How it works:

Tech giants invent new frameworks to keep developers perpetually behind

Bootcamps sell “6-figure career” dreams to people who just learned what a div is

LinkedIn influencers post “Day 427 of #100DaysOfCode” while pretending they didn’t start yesterday

Recruiters demand 5 years of experience in tools that existed for 18 months

It’s not you — it’s a system designed to make you feel obsolete before your first commit.

I'd add the following: "everyone else" has more github projects and commits than you. "How much code have you done in this language" is wholly measured by what you can immediately show.