Developers: Defeating Impostor Syndrome with Tickets
Not feeling confident in your workplace? Feel like your skill levels are below average compared to others? There is no quick fix, validation and change in intuition takes time. Let’s make it clear and reproducible.
Scenario 1: I am a student, learning programming. Trying to land an internship (or going through one right now), and secure employment, but I feel like my portfolios are lacking.
You have not heard of Jira/Asana/Trello yet.
If you have only began the journey in programming, you should know that rushing through courses is not the best route to take. The first two to three years of programming is meant to teach you basic concepts in the industry. These are your vocabulary, and google search keywords. You will need to use these words to communicate with teammates and stake holders.
You may feel that you still want to acquire as much knowledge as you can in the short span of time, that’s fair. You want to speed through courses and start providing value to potential employers.
Here is what working programmers do on a daily and weekly basis:
- Weekly — Plan out features/bugs/releases to work on. Divide them…
