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Remote Work Has Made My Imposter Syndrome Worse
I feel the need to prove myself to everyone individually now
“Is this the right response? What if I got it all wrong?
They will laugh at me if they realise I don’t know everything about this topic.
Oh dear, they are going to find out I’m a fraud now.”
I had this internal conversation in my first year of work. And I’m having this conversation in my tenth year of work.
I was an intern back then, and I’m a manager now.
How am I still rehearsing the same exact monologue?
I thought with experience I would gain more expertise and have all the answers, and never feel again like I don’t know enough.
When will I feel an expert at my work, have all the solutions and share them with no doubts?
I know the answer to this, and it terrifies me.
Never. I will never have all the solutions.
Because I work in tech, and now every millisecond there’s a new technology being born I need to learn.
But let me not blame this on tech.
The real reason is that I’m a human being, like everyone else.
