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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 117 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fuck goddammit this is the worst thing for people with imposter syndrome to see. This is fucking insidious. Hilarious but insidious.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I would be so devastated if I told a coworker that I had imposter syndrome and they were like, "wait, you think that we think you're good at your job?"

[–] lowleveldata 8 points 7 months ago

Well that's a big relief

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

My boss told me himself that I probably have impostor syndrome. Ever since then, I lose sleep wondering how much he regrets saying that. By now, he surely realises that I actually am an impostor, but our labour laws are too good and he can't fire me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

All that makes it so much funnier, still laughing as I’m typing this

[–] [email protected] 100 points 7 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't have ADHD, but damn this strikes close to home

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not just ADHD folk. I've had programmers like that, swinging from "I can't do it" to "I don't need to test that".

[–] derpgon 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am in this picture and I don't like it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You can do it, but you also need to test it all.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gaslighting doesn’t exist and you’re going crazy. /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

God, that quote is forever my all time favorite. Never fails to make me laugh. Every once in a while I gaslight a friend, but like absurdly and obviously. Within a few minutes they ask, "wait, are you gaslighting me?!" And I respond with that quote, to their sighs and chuckles.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I certainly am not. Is there a term for someone who has impostor syndrome but deep inside is actually not good enough? lmao

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago

An impostor, lol

It's where the term for the syndrome comes from.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

A paradox.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Of course not. Im better. Im the guy with Trenchcoat and a emotional support belt-feed Mashine gun.

/s

Im actually just the guy that makes shure you don't open the "I love yuo" email.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The article: https://reductress.com/post/quiz-are-you-even-good-enough-to-have-imposter-syndrome/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing the source! I had a feeling it was The Reductress, I love their stuff.