• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Shit man I am a top ten expert in an extremely niche area with my work cited thousands of times and I still feel like I don’t know shit and will be in a state of constantly falling behind until I die.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s because there are 9 smarter people than you and new comers are breathing on your neck.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Come on you must know your niche thing. I have confidence issues as well but stuff I have done who knows how many hundreds of times I know how to do.

      I try to divide up the unknowns in any project. Knowing the exact point where my knowledge ends and begins again. If I know what I don’t know I can still have confidence in that much.

      • enki@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Imposter syndrome can affect anyone, no matter how experienced or knowledgeable they are.