Some ways I combat imposter syndrome: 1. Realizing everyone writes garbage code (all code is not perfect, essentially) 2. Reading more on the technology I'm working on 3. Building small projects outside of work 4. Listening to podcast and TH-camrs in the industry, such as yourself, Mayuko
What I feel like helps me to battle impostor syndrome as a Data Scientist: 1. Writing down consistently my projects, contributions, and accomplishments. 2. Networking at work and events, and asking a lot of questions about other DSes experiences. 3. Doing pet projects I am invested in and curious about. Learning and value! 4. Mastermind groups. 5. Public speaking Hope this helps to anyone who's feeling not sure about them right now :)
I suffer from impostor syndrome to the point where it makes me want to quit. In my first job my boss just randomly assumed I know certain things a couple times (even though it was my first job and I had no experience whatsoever), which ended up in me thinking I SHOULD know these thing and not asking questions. Eventually I quit because I'd put too much pressure on myself. And another thing that's contributing to that is, no matter what project I'm working on, I always work with seniors. It is hard to constantly be the least knowledgeable in the room.
Vanessa im not sure what job you had but some jobs can be like that, even if there's no experience to be had there is still a baseline of knowledge to be had. Also it's ok to ask questions even if you should know it. No such thing as a dumb question because if you ask you're only dumb for a short while whereas if you don't ask you're dumb forever. And I'm not sure of the relationship with your seniors on the projects but thats a good place to be since you can learn from them, unless they expect you to be at the same level as them. Remember they were once the least knowledgeable person in the room. If you don't know something be honest and do your best to figure it out
Right now I'm felling that way... I got a promotion in my job, and since it's not my area, I want to quit to because I feel anyone can do it better than me :(
i exeperiance the same right know, it's my first junior job and when all my friend had a months or more to learn the technologies of their compagny i had none, had to start on stuff i never used and had dead line on it for a client. i take ten time to do what someone there could do it so fast i think about quit too, feel like they can"t manage a junior yet and i can"t be as fast as they excpect for few months minimum, specialy when they hired me as ful stack i'm going to change project with another tech i don"tknow , i work late i work on week-end to not be too slow , i used to love programming but now i just hate every day i have.
My Boss: Can you come in my office please I need to talk to you Me: Oh shit, they figured out I'm dumb and I'm getting fired My Boss: We are very happy with your performance and would like to offer you a promotion 😳
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I am struggling with this feeling right now. Ive never had such a huge learning curve and the imposter syndrome is so real that the anxiety paralyzes me. Somehow your video came up and it was everything that I needed to hear. Thank you 😊
Wow thank you!! My dad is a software engineer and after hearing his struggles I came across this video and think he might have imposter syndrome. He always talks about how he doesnt feel competent compared to coworkers. Im def gonna send him this video
I always have this thought process that other people who are better than me should have this opportunity and not me. I am slowly getting better at stopping this way of thinking but some times i just cant help myself.
There will always be those better than you and you'll always be better than someone else, they will have more opportunities same as you will. Dont sell yourself short
Sometimes, you just have to watch a mayuko video to be reassured. This is what I really need rn while working in the tech industry. Thank you Mayuko! : ) :)
First just recognizing imposter syndrome has helped me immensely start to deal with it. And knowing that everyone (and really, everyone) deals with it makes me not feel so bad
I've experienced this even though I'm still not in the industry. Back in 12th grade, I was doing great on programming class and when the prof grouped us in 3 and gave us a project, she's having a high expectation from me that I would carry the group and be the leader. Upon the project defense, we didn't really met her project expectation and she told me in face that she had high hopes from me. I felt so devastated that day. The disappointment of other people's view of me. From that point on, I changed my way and started laying low on not trying to stand out in the class. I've applied this way now that I'm at college and not really confident about my skills.
My advice for battling impostor syndrome is to challenge yourself while depending on others for support. If you dive into something that you don’t know and ask your colleagues for help when you don’t understand something, you’ll soon feel comfortable in that area. If you on the other hand avoid everything that makes you feel uncomfortable you will likely keep feeling like an impostor. Be transparent with things you find confusing or don’t fully understand, but show that you want to learn. You asking colleagues for help also makes it is easier for others to do the same and can help them battle their own impostor syndrome, while creating a nice ”high ceiling”-work environment.
Having my former lead yell "you need to learn programing!" at me has done wonders for my imposter syndrome. Left that day (early this year) and haven't written a line of code professionally since. I think I'm done with it.
I've dealt with impostor syndrome a lot when i first began studying computer science at uni. It's very real, but I've managed to get better with it! That being said, I'll probably face it again as I still work through my curriculum. Great video!
Thank you Mayuko for sharing your experience in this video. It's such a great timing as my impostor syndrome kicks in lately, and whenever that happens, I got sleep deprived because I'm forcing myself to do or learn something to ease my guilt for not being a better engineer. IMO the hardest thing from having impostor syndrome is trusting yourself that you can do it. My confidence level has been decreased rapidly since I started programming at college until now that I'm a Software Engineer (it's almost 10 years already). Whenever I did a mistake, I blame myself and become very disappointed about myself. But yeah, I have to overcome it to become not only a better Software Engineer, but also a better person To all people who is experiencing impostor syndrome, you're not alone and we can go through this 👊
Mayuko, that framework of the comfort zone circles and impostor syndrome happening when you are "placed" in a circle not adjacent to your comfort zone resonated SO deeply with me!!!! I never thought about it that way but it makes so much sense and helps me process my impostor syndrome more
TY. I love when TH-camrs talk about their struggles, because it helps us know we are not the only one experiencing the same struggle. I recently received a B.S. in Math Analytics and O.R. and am yet to have a job. Because I still don't have a job in data science and received countless interview rejections, despite my previous experience, I have been experiencing feelings of inadequacy.
Now more than ever iOS development is going to see a huge leap because of such integration and software updates apple has been pulling out! if you are a complete beginner at IOS development and want to make real good iOS apps then Watch this playlist th-cam.com/play/PL_cGObteCENUT-D3gMhRxbME50qoE14z8.html I have a full course on Skillshare as well where I have told you how to get started and build a completely functional food ordering app! You could start freelancing right off after learning only 2 hrs of content check it out and signup today!1
this came at the most perfect time! I’m about to start a new job and I’m literally like “how did i get here 😟” and you’re right “everyone has their own beginning!” Gonna change my mentality to this hehehe Hope you’re having a great day Mayuko!
In the beginning of 2020, I quit a job I spent 5 years on and went to be a business analyst at a fintech company. They needed someone to make specifications for the developers to build a product. Three months in the job and I'm down with the worst impostor syndrome ever. I go talk to my colleagues and tell them I'm afraid I'll be fired because there's so much I don't know and I have no idea where to get the necessary knowledge. They smiled and told me not to worry. Two months later I was fired. So yeah, 2020 is fun.
I'll be starting a SWE job at Facebook soon, and i definitely feel this way right now and I haven't even started. Thanks for this, i really needed this
I'm not even in the software engineering or computer science world but I feel like your videos apply so broadly to all career fields, which I greatly appreciate. I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and the ideas from this video echo so loudly in what I'm dealing with right now. Thank you for making great content.
This spoke to me so deeply. Even though I trust my skills to learn and adapt that I know I can do the work, you just can’t make some recruiter have that trust in you by just reading your resume. Many just want to fill a checklist.
Thank you for this, I really needed this. Being a Software Engineer with anxiety is not cool. I wanna thank you for this, took a tear out of me. You're awesome.
I already tried speaking to my manager that I wasn't performing well and i feel like i might be fired. He didn't reassure me, he told me basically "then do better. You've been here for 2 years and if you don't perform higher compared to then im afraid to say maybe you should work elsewhere" Took me some time to realize this guy was a toxic asshole and the environment i was at was a sinking ship with a high turnover rate. A good work environment is the one you described, a bad one is the ones that expect you to work like a machine and even if you performed well they will keep adding pressure to do even better or you're a gonner.
I just love uuuuuuu so much!! This is so much needed!!! I've been feeling this way since I started my new position. It really doesn't matter what people say about what I've achieved. I still feel like...hiring me for this position is the most wrong decision the HR has ever made lol... I feel much better!!! BTW, you need to have a podcast!! I'll listen to it 24/7!!
I'm beggining to learn code and absolutely i feel like an "impostor", but our brain is maleable and we can learn whatever we put the effort to learn, good video :)
Thank you for this 😭 just started a new SW job that I’ve always talked myself down on for getting lucky and not deserving it and now feeling like an imposter. Great timing and this made me feel so much better about it, thank you!!
@Frederick Hall But everytime I gain something, like an accomplishment, there's this reoccuring thought of fear of them finding out that I couldn't really keep up with how skilled/smart they are. Whenever we have examinations, I often feel the obligation to really do well and even if I do, I have this thought behind my head that it was either by luck or chances. Isn't these the basic things that contribute to experiencing imposter syndrome? If not, then idk.
Thank you Mayuko! Very pragmatic advice and very helpful. It also makes it sincere that you shared your own experiences, and that you experienced (and is still experiencing) it yourself. Just goes to show that you just didn’t Google-d it and made a video about it just because you have to. Thank you for the sincerity!
Thanks so much for the video. i was in love with IT from an early age and I did a computer science degree. I realise now I had imposter syndrome which really held me back in striving and pushing myself due to the fear of failure. Instead I spent a lot of time at the gym and playing rugby (Australian). When I should have been progressing my skillset by solving problems with coding. I did enough to get my degree along with talking enough about coding principals to get a job offer. But it was soon realised I was was out of my depth in the job and shouldn’t have been there. I actually did get fired and left falling out of love with IT 😢. I travelled and spent a few years doing different type of work. I now have my IT career back on track and am doing well working for a large company (starts with an ‘A’ 😉). I’m not SE but my role is still very tech. The first time I watched this video I felt bad about my lack of focus. But now I think about how I can push through imposter syndrome to get promoted now. Thanks so much ❤️
Mayuko, this is 110% relatable.. like every word is sooo accurate! I could watch this over and over until I recover from this anxiety. Thank you so much!
Great timing and content Mayuko. As an iOS Lead in my team, I am currently experiencing impostor syndrome and anxiety after wrong decisions. Your video definitely helps 🙏🏻🌈
Thank you so much for talking about this. This is so important to discuss and share, because the first step in our collective overcoming of Imposter Syndrome is to recognize it and talk about it so we can see we are not alone in feeling these feelings and thinking these thoughts!
Not wanting to be seen as not knowing and dumb is what makes it worst. Being transparent is key. It takes humility to get past over this imposter syndrome. Acknowledging we don't know something and is willing to learn is power.
This video is really relevant. Not only to tech but to so many other things in our lives. I felt this way all the time in school, like i never deserved to be there. but in hind sight you realize its just anxiety and stress! Def help calm some of my qualms! Keep these videos coming Mayuko!!
Thanks mayuko from this video. Got everything on point regarding Impostor Syndrome. Months before I graduated in my IT degree, I already got a job in a big multinational IT company. At first, I was so hyped and pumped-up to kick-off my career but only a week passed by, I experience a huge attack of Impostor Syndrome (I didn't know the term back then, never knew it existed back then). I fear rejection that I might get fired for underperforming. I saw my workmates doing pretty good and seems like they mastered already the coding and everything in the projects that we are working. So i was like, I have no idea how I get here, I do not belong to this group of people,(especially since I got assigned to a project that I do not know the codebase architecture and the programming language). My anxiety became worst to the point that my health is affected, that I do not have the appetite to eat and I can't have a peaceful sleep because of overthinking about my situation. Then so, I quit. Honestly, when I recovered from it, I regret that I quitted because I got defeated by my thoughts and overthinking. Now that I build up myself, I am planning to go back to Software development industry. I am preparing myself more especially mentally and emotionally to overcome Impostor syndrome that severely beat me years ago. Will always go back to this video once I am encountering an attack, in which case I will prevent the old times from happening again. Sorry for the long message. Hope everyone is doing well and may we all reach our dreams and overcome Impostor Syndrome.
I love this video.. its 2021 now almost a full year later and this video is still 100% true. It is amazing how listening to someone else talk about something can help you understand what doesn't feel right or make sense. I appreciate this video so much.
I used to work in tech then transitioned to work in audio engineering and this hits home rn. I love you so so much for this Mayuko. Thank you! Also I really like your video style. Please keep it coming.
As someone who worked as Avid Video Editor in television for several years and then switched to IT AND just as a person who has experienced imposter syndrome I feel this is pretty well put. And quite constructive with the plans to go forward. Of course there's only so much you can do as a mental health advocate who's not a mental health professional, but this is really good. Cheers!
Your previous video was the first time I heard about impostor syndrome. And as you said I was surprised, but also relaxed that I'm not the only one with these kind of doubts. Soo thank you for this second video too, I think it is very important to know when struggling that you are not alone:)
Hey mayuko, appreciate you for these videos that share more about imposter syndrome and tech burnouts. Self doubt in tech industry is real, and it needs to be discussed more ☺️
Whenever I feel lost I Always know you have a video to put me at ease 😌 thank you, Mayuko! I’m going to use this bit of advice in my monthly performance review in a few hours
The timing of this video is perfect! I just got promoted to Network Engineer at work and feeling some big impostor syndrome. Thanks for the tips and love the videos!
Thanks a lot Mayuko, I am currently facing this syndrome and was looking for how to deal with it. I founded it video at the perfect time. Thanks for helping.😊
Thanks for the video! That was helpful! 😄 Feelings and thoughts can be quite complicated, hey? Let's just push for Goodness no matter how hard it is. I like how my aunt once said, "just close your eyes and go on" or in similar words 😄
Makes sense someone in tech would place guidelines for there channel. Doesn't change the fact your video is spot on. I recently just got my degree in software development. Not engineering but in the tech space. I feel everything you are talking about. I have my degree but feel like I know nothing I'm currently looking at job requirements and I'm like I don't know any of this stuff they are asking for. My sister in law who is a recruiter keeps telling me I'm fine but I don't believe her. I feel like I'm going to get there in front of a project and just spend all day staring at a screen not getting anything done because I don't know what to do. Anyway, great video.
Hi Mayuko , great video.... while you were describing imposter syndrome , it became clear that nearly anyone who knows html and css can make a website but when it comes to javascript/react/angular ... the core norms of frontside.. that a 3ft wading pool of HTML drops off to the Marianas trench; Since alot of coding is geared toward web development.. that in itself is a sort of comfy zone for many in the industry... as opposed to desktop workhorse apps and those nerds... (not minimizing anyone's role)..Then theres the reality of understanding group task work on a code base.: the whole jobspace technology of being a coder.... THATs what concerns me more than tests. . I started learning Ruby and now I've moved to learning Javascript React.. it wasnt until I knew a second language that the first made more sense... apparently real devs only use 10% of the API of any language.... People are cratering about a superfluous anxiety and fact because they dont know... not knowing even half of the language is normal.
I have the feeling constantly. I hear so many news stories that people are struggling during the pandemic and some of them have been working long hours and all. Meanwhile, I am working from home each day with a decent income for about three to four hours of writing code really. What I do isn't even hard to learn. I basically just google all the time, then I copy all the awesome solutions to my project and rename and refactor.
I am an aspiring self-taught developer and I am totally feeling this after I just finished a Udemy course about web dev with Dr. Angela Yu. Thank you Mayuko for your videos!
I love your videos! such interesting topics! I've had impostor syndrome my entire career and while I've been in the tech industry for 8 years now, I still have it sooooo...for all the newbies out there, even experienced folks have it so don't feel like you're only experiencing it because you're new. It's natural and you really need to be more kind to yourself to be able to live with it.
What a great video, thank you so much for addressing this in such a clear and kind manner, as an Engineer, I can definitely relate (perhaps more than I should). Often I feel like people in tech are put under a huge amount of pressure to deliver to unreasonable targets (whether set for profit or to satisfy a specific customer, it doesn't make much of a difference) - I do think that a more collaborative environment, perhaps even a mentorship type of relation with a colleague, might help, but these days such things are hard to find nowadays.
I think I've been able to pin down two different ways I experience imposter syndrome: 1) Legit not knowing how to proceed on a problem/project/something I need to get my head around 2) When I start to get comfortable in a job position, I take for granted how much I've learned to actually feel comfortable. At that point I start to think "Man, anyone can do this stuff - what value am I even adding?" Point 1 is definitely related to the comfort zone idea. It comes up a loooot when learning new content, when there's always this seemingly insurmountable gap in knowledge or skills, and my brain just isn't making sense of anything. I get this at school constantly, and on my internship now, it comes in the strongest when I need to get my head around an existing code base. Reading someone else's code can just suuuuuuck. But, I'm trying to remind myself that it's a pretty normal experience in this field. Technical knowledge takes time to absorb. And when you're trying to make sense of someone else's work, you're basically having to adapt how you think to how they think. Not easy! Point 2 is more difficult to deal with for me. Talking to people outside of the field is helpful - when just explaining what I'm doing on a normal work day in the simplest, high-level terms possible has them going "what the hell are you even talking about?", I realize that whatever skillset I've cobbled together isn't universal or trivially acquired.
My whole life I've been involved in tech and I always feel that I can never get enough which I love because there is always something new but also you never really feel satisfied.
OMG this is so me right now.. New grads from non tech major and currently doing my first job as AI engineer. With startup high pace working environment and work from home situation completely breaking my confidence. I can't even go to the office and meet the teams due to covid situation (yup I haven't met my colleague in person till now). Thanks for the video! Hope your advice can help me to get through all these things.
Hello, Mayuko.. hope you see this message. the very first video of you I saw on youtube was "Daily Life Of A Developer", at that time I was learning programming and web development but somehow after seeing your video, I bought a mac and started learning iOS development and luckily, in a hard time like that.. I got myself hired as an iOS developer intern. I think I'm having an imposter syndrome since I have to work from home so I dun really have a chance to ask what I don't know from my seniors since they are all busy with their project although I am trying my best and I feel like I am not doing well and kinda worried if I got fired. You cheered me up!! Thanks. PS: hey I am learning Japanese for about two years so maybe next time I would love to comment in Japanese. UwU.
I feel that.. Same with me they promise to help you out but in the end you are left with no one to seek help from and ur deadline isn't met... Feels horrible isn't it.. I hope you are doing good now
Thank you 🙏🏽 I’ve been trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was promoted to a new tech position in my company in early 2020. I’ve been mentally overwhelmed because I felt taking this opportunity may have been a mistake. I also thought maybe that taking on this new role right in the midst of the pandemic was a possible reason I was feeling this way. After listening to your video, I have no doubt I’ve been experiencing imposter syndrome. Thanks again for your words of encouragement!
I also get imposter syndrome as someone who is getting into computer technician. At some point in time, I know im probably gonna be put in a position where it is out of my expertise but at the end of the day, I just gotta be able to always adapt and learn no matter what. I love installing and troubleshooting hardware parts for PCs, but when it comes to networking and other software related stuff, I am just not as confident in those things if someone where to ask me a question about it. You could only hold and retain so much tech information that it is nearly impossible to answer every tech related question from clients/customers. Its great to learn everything you can in a particular field but if its about tech, then I would honestly focus on learning what's most relevant in today's time since technology is rapidly evolving and different parts of technology becomes outdated and obsolete over time.
Hey Mayuko could you either in a video or here go over how to talk honestly with your manager? I'm in my first job and I feel like I can never be 100% honest. For example, in this vid you mention telling a manager you're scared you will be get fired. I would have NEVER thought to actually bring that up, thinking it would just make me look bad. A personal example is I ended working half time on two dev teams with different tech stacks. While its not horrible, I'd definitely prefer to only work on my original team. But my manager asked in a 1 on 1 how the split is going and if I regret saying yes to it. I said no and that its going alright, which is partially true, I said yes to look good to my employer. However if I was being truly honest I'd would have answered a bit differenty
Thank you! I've just landed a job as a QA engineer in an international company, but once I've got the offer with all my new responsibilities, I've freaked out and even thought for a couple of minutes of rejecting the offer. A do not have much experience and so I feel like they are mistaken and i am not good enough for that job and my English is not enough to be able to communicate with foreign customers. Your video definitely helped me to calm down a bit :)
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Some ways I combat imposter syndrome:
1. Realizing everyone writes garbage code (all code is not perfect, essentially)
2. Reading more on the technology I'm working on
3. Building small projects outside of work
4. Listening to podcast and TH-camrs in the industry, such as yourself, Mayuko
What I feel like helps me to battle impostor syndrome as a Data Scientist:
1. Writing down consistently my projects, contributions, and accomplishments.
2. Networking at work and events, and asking a lot of questions about other DSes experiences.
3. Doing pet projects I am invested in and curious about. Learning and value!
4. Mastermind groups.
5. Public speaking
Hope this helps to anyone who's feeling not sure about them right now :)
Nice list, Anastasia! Good luck to you.
Thanks. I also am in field of data science and am strongly a lot because I still dont have a job in the field.
Doing everything on this list will make you go from being an imposter to being a reference haha
This is amazing, I’m going to do this from now on. Thank you for sharing.
What are mastermind groups?
I suffer from impostor syndrome to the point where it makes me want to quit. In my first job my boss just randomly assumed I know certain things a couple times (even though it was my first job and I had no experience whatsoever), which ended up in me thinking I SHOULD know these thing and not asking questions. Eventually I quit because I'd put too much pressure on myself. And another thing that's contributing to that is, no matter what project I'm working on, I always work with seniors. It is hard to constantly be the least knowledgeable in the room.
i think it's not your fault, it's the company fault , they've failed on onboarding and training their employees
Vanessa im not sure what job you had but some jobs can be like that, even if there's no experience to be had there is still a baseline of knowledge to be had. Also it's ok to ask questions even if you should know it. No such thing as a dumb question because if you ask you're only dumb for a short while whereas if you don't ask you're dumb forever. And I'm not sure of the relationship with your seniors on the projects but thats a good place to be since you can learn from them, unless they expect you to be at the same level as them. Remember they were once the least knowledgeable person in the room. If you don't know something be honest and do your best to figure it out
Right now I'm felling that way... I got a promotion in my job, and since it's not my area, I want to quit to because I feel anyone can do it better than me :(
just stop giving a shit as long as they pay you show up to work
i exeperiance the same right know, it's my first junior job and when all my friend had a months or more to learn the technologies of their compagny i had none, had to start on stuff i never used and had dead line on it for a client.
i take ten time to do what someone there could do it so fast i think about quit too, feel like they can"t manage a junior yet and i can"t be as fast as they excpect for few months minimum, specialy when they hired me as ful stack i'm going to change project with another tech i don"tknow , i work late i work on week-end to not be too slow , i used to love programming but now i just hate every day i have.
My Boss: Can you come in my office please I need to talk to you
Me: Oh shit, they figured out I'm dumb and I'm getting fired
My Boss: We are very happy with your performance and would like to offer you a promotion
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This happened twice for me so far!
exactly
Holy heck, I felt this
@@jontwayn507 It's actually surprising to know that a lot of people are at the same phase as I'm. It's good to know this.
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such great timing - definitely feeling like an imposter in the tech industry rn 😭
Same.
Same here
@sagalaay well id ask why you guys are feeling that way? Is it because you're not as knowledgeable or as passionate as others around you seem to be?
Now more than ever iOS development is going to see a huge leap because of such integration and software updates apple has been pulling out!
if you are a complete beginner at IOS development and want to make real good iOS apps then
Watch this playlist th-cam.com/play/PL_cGObteCENUT-D3gMhRxbME50qoE14z8.html
I have a full course on Skillshare as well where I have told you how to get started and build a completely functional food ordering app!
You could start freelancing right off after learning only 2 hrs of content check it out and signup today
@@AADITYAAA Sell your Ginsu knives somewhere else buddy
I am struggling with this feeling right now. Ive never had such a huge learning curve and the imposter syndrome is so real that the anxiety paralyzes me. Somehow your video came up and it was everything that I needed to hear. Thank you 😊
Wow thank you!! My dad is a software engineer and after hearing his struggles I came across this video and think he might have imposter syndrome. He always talks about how he doesnt feel competent compared to coworkers. Im def gonna send him this video
I always have this thought process that other people who are better than me should have this opportunity and not me. I am slowly getting better at stopping this way of thinking but some times i just cant help myself.
A good way to reframe that is that they should have the opportunity as well!
There will always be those better than you and you'll always be better than someone else, they will have more opportunities same as you will. Dont sell yourself short
Definitely had this when I started my current job. I felt like I oversold myself at the interview and like I didn't fit in.
Sometimes, you just have to watch a mayuko video to be reassured. This is what I really need rn while working in the tech industry. Thank you Mayuko! : ) :)
mayuko is just good vibes, her personality is just of the charts
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First just recognizing imposter syndrome has helped me immensely start to deal with it. And knowing that everyone (and really, everyone) deals with it makes me not feel so bad
I've experienced this even though I'm still not in the industry. Back in 12th grade, I was doing great on programming class and when the prof grouped us in 3 and gave us a project, she's having a high expectation from me that I would carry the group and be the leader. Upon the project defense, we didn't really met her project expectation and she told me in face that she had high hopes from me. I felt so devastated that day. The disappointment of other people's view of me. From that point on, I changed my way and started laying low on not trying to stand out in the class. I've applied this way now that I'm at college and not really confident about my skills.
Happened similar with me in my 10th grade🙃
My advice for battling impostor syndrome is to challenge yourself while depending on others for support. If you dive into something that you don’t know and ask your colleagues for help when you don’t understand something, you’ll soon feel comfortable in that area. If you on the other hand avoid everything that makes you feel uncomfortable you will likely keep feeling like an impostor.
Be transparent with things you find confusing or don’t fully understand, but show that you want to learn.
You asking colleagues for help also makes it is easier for others to do the same and can help them battle their own impostor syndrome, while creating a nice ”high ceiling”-work environment.
I feel like Mayuko would be an amazing Engineering Manager 😭
Product manager?
Having my former lead yell "you need to learn programing!" at me has done wonders for my imposter syndrome. Left that day (early this year) and haven't written a line of code professionally since. I think I'm done with it.
Bro, thats deep
Me everytime at the first day in tech job. no matter how many experiences I had. this always happens and it's normal
Hey Muhamad thanks for sharing this ！
I've dealt with impostor syndrome a lot when i first began studying computer science at uni. It's very real, but I've managed to get better with it! That being said, I'll probably face it again as I still work through my curriculum. Great video!
Thank you Mayuko for sharing your experience in this video. It's such a great timing as my impostor syndrome kicks in lately, and whenever that happens, I got sleep deprived because I'm forcing myself to do or learn something to ease my guilt for not being a better engineer.
IMO the hardest thing from having impostor syndrome is trusting yourself that you can do it. My confidence level has been decreased rapidly since I started programming at college until now that I'm a Software Engineer (it's almost 10 years already). Whenever I did a mistake, I blame myself and become very disappointed about myself. But yeah, I have to overcome it to become not only a better Software Engineer, but also a better person
To all people who is experiencing impostor syndrome, you're not alone and we can go through this 👊
Mayuko, that framework of the comfort zone circles and impostor syndrome happening when you are "placed" in a circle not adjacent to your comfort zone resonated SO deeply with me!!!! I never thought about it that way but it makes so much sense and helps me process my impostor syndrome more
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this came at the most perfect time! I’m about to start a new job and I’m literally like “how did i get here 😟” and you’re right “everyone has their own beginning!” Gonna change my mentality to this hehehe
Hope you’re having a great day Mayuko!
In the beginning of 2020, I quit a job I spent 5 years on and went to be a business analyst at a fintech company. They needed someone to make specifications for the developers to build a product.
Three months in the job and I'm down with the worst impostor syndrome ever. I go talk to my colleagues and tell them I'm afraid I'll be fired because there's so much I don't know and I have no idea where to get the necessary knowledge. They smiled and told me not to worry.
Two months later I was fired.
So yeah, 2020 is fun.
@manny I'm studying now to be a software developer, also looking for jobs as a data analyst/actuary.
@@immortaljanus hang in there, better opportunities await us in the future. 💪
Thank you, I been dealing with this at school recently. You’re right on time 😩😩
This whole video. I really love this energy, I just wanna hug you and be goofy with you and support you as much as I could/can
I'll be starting a SWE job at Facebook soon, and i definitely feel this way right now and I haven't even started. Thanks for this, i really needed this
I'm not even in the software engineering or computer science world but I feel like your videos apply so broadly to all career fields, which I greatly appreciate. I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and the ideas from this video echo so loudly in what I'm dealing with right now. Thank you for making great content.
This spoke to me so deeply. Even though I trust my skills to learn and adapt that I know I can do the work, you just can’t make some recruiter have that trust in you by just reading your resume. Many just want to fill a checklist.
This..
Thank you for this, I really needed this. Being a Software Engineer with anxiety is not cool. I wanna thank you for this, took a tear out of me. You're awesome.
You touh upon topics which people are shy in saying. Your vidoes are really helpful to me
I already tried speaking to my manager that I wasn't performing well and i feel like i might be fired. He didn't reassure me, he told me basically "then do better. You've been here for 2 years and if you don't perform higher compared to then im afraid to say maybe you should work elsewhere"
Took me some time to realize this guy was a toxic asshole and the environment i was at was a sinking ship with a high turnover rate.
A good work environment is the one you described, a bad one is the ones that expect you to work like a machine and even if you performed well they will keep adding pressure to do even better or you're a gonner.
Yeah...my manager pretty much did the same thing. I'm trying to get outta dodge.
He's not an asshole...but he doesn't have time to help me.
I just love uuuuuuu so much!! This is so much needed!!! I've been feeling this way since I started my new position. It really doesn't matter what people say about what I've achieved. I still feel like...hiring me for this position is the most wrong decision the HR has ever made lol... I feel much better!!!
BTW, you need to have a podcast!! I'll listen to it 24/7!!
20 years in the software industry and still feeling that ;) Great video and channel
I'm beggining to learn code and absolutely i feel like an "impostor", but our brain is maleable and we can learn whatever we put the effort to learn, good video :)
Thank you for this 😭 just started a new SW job that I’ve always talked myself down on for getting lucky and not deserving it and now feeling like an imposter. Great timing and this made me feel so much better about it, thank you!!
you're like a sister giving an advise to me rn. thanks sis.
This is still the best and I always watch it when I feel like that. Thanks for that, really appreciate it🙏🏽
holy shit this came in the right time. im a cs major and everyone is so good that i feel like everything accomplishment that i do is not enough :(
@Frederick Hall But everytime I gain something, like an accomplishment, there's this reoccuring thought of fear of them finding out that I couldn't really keep up with how skilled/smart they are. Whenever we have examinations, I often feel the obligation to really do well and even if I do, I have this thought behind my head that it was either by luck or chances. Isn't these the basic things that contribute to experiencing imposter syndrome? If not, then idk.
Thank you Mayuko! Very pragmatic advice and very helpful. It also makes it sincere that you shared your own experiences, and that you experienced (and is still experiencing) it yourself.
Just goes to show that you just didn’t Google-d it and made a video about it just because you have to. Thank you for the sincerity!
Lots lots lots lots lots of respect from deep down heart for sharing all tech and psychological related knowledge. 🙏
Thanks so much for the video. i was in love with IT from an early age and I did a computer science degree. I realise now I had imposter syndrome which really held me back in striving and pushing myself due to the fear of failure. Instead I spent a lot of time at the gym and playing rugby (Australian). When I should have been progressing my skillset by solving problems with coding. I did enough to get my degree along with talking enough about coding principals to get a job offer. But it was soon realised I was was out of my depth in the job and shouldn’t have been there. I actually did get fired and left falling out of love with IT 😢. I travelled and spent a few years doing different type of work. I now have my IT career back on track and am doing well working for a large company (starts with an ‘A’ 😉). I’m not SE but my role is still very tech. The first time I watched this video I felt bad about my lack of focus. But now I think about how I can push through imposter syndrome to get promoted now. Thanks so much ❤️
Mayuko, this is 110% relatable.. like every word is sooo accurate! I could watch this over and over until I recover from this anxiety. Thank you so much!
I just wanna say: Thank you. I felt that someone understand me so much. More than I needed or expected.
Great timing and content Mayuko. As an iOS Lead in my team, I am currently experiencing impostor syndrome and anxiety after wrong decisions. Your video definitely helps 🙏🏻🌈
Thank you so much for talking about this. This is so important to discuss and share, because the first step in our collective overcoming of Imposter Syndrome is to recognize it and talk about it so we can see we are not alone in feeling these feelings and thinking these thoughts!
Another Great Video!!! Can totally relate to most of the videos :) By the way, LOVE the new Code Merch!! Thanks, Mayuko!!
I am struggling with this feeling since I got the offer and your video is really helpful, thank you mayuko!
Not wanting to be seen as not knowing and dumb is what makes it worst. Being transparent is key. It takes humility to get past over this imposter syndrome. Acknowledging we don't know something and is willing to learn is power.
Thanks Mayuko! I just subscribed! It feels empowering seeing Women in the Tech! More Power! God bless!
This video is really relevant. Not only to tech but to so many other things in our lives. I felt this way all the time in school, like i never deserved to be there. but in hind sight you realize its just anxiety and stress! Def help calm some of my qualms! Keep these videos coming Mayuko!!
Thanks mayuko from this video. Got everything on point regarding Impostor Syndrome. Months before I graduated in my IT degree, I already got a job in a big multinational IT company. At first, I was so hyped and pumped-up to kick-off my career but only a week passed by, I experience a huge attack of Impostor Syndrome (I didn't know the term back then, never knew it existed back then). I fear rejection that I might get fired for underperforming. I saw my workmates doing pretty good and seems like they mastered already the coding and everything in the projects that we are working. So i was like, I have no idea how I get here, I do not belong to this group of people,(especially since I got assigned to a project that I do not know the codebase architecture and the programming language). My anxiety became worst to the point that my health is affected, that I do not have the appetite to eat and I can't have a peaceful sleep because of overthinking about my situation. Then so, I quit. Honestly, when I recovered from it, I regret that I quitted because I got defeated by my thoughts and overthinking. Now that I build up myself, I am planning to go back to Software development industry. I am preparing myself more especially mentally and emotionally to overcome Impostor syndrome that severely beat me years ago. Will always go back to this video once I am encountering an attack, in which case I will prevent the old times from happening again. Sorry for the long message. Hope everyone is doing well and may we all reach our dreams and overcome Impostor Syndrome.
i didn't know i needed this video, thank you so much ♡♡♡
I love this video.. its 2021 now almost a full year later and this video is still 100% true. It is amazing how listening to someone else talk about something can help you understand what doesn't feel right or make sense. I appreciate this video so much.
Hello my inspiration, just wanna tell u that you're inspiring me since day 1 in my engineering carreer. THANK YOU ❤️🙏🏻
Your videos helped me on beginning of my software engineering career back in 2018.. now going for a leveled up position..So still does❤
I used to work in tech then transitioned to work in audio engineering and this hits home rn. I love you so so much for this Mayuko. Thank you! Also I really like your video style. Please keep it coming.
As someone who worked as Avid Video Editor in television for several years and then switched to IT AND just as a person who has experienced imposter syndrome I feel this is pretty well put. And quite constructive with the plans to go forward. Of course there's only so much you can do as a mental health advocate who's not a mental health professional, but this is really good. Cheers!
I really feel this video I should have seen like years ago ! I am facing this since years and it’s such a relief to know other people feel this too 💕
Your previous video was the first time I heard about impostor syndrome. And as you said I was surprised, but also relaxed that I'm not the only one with these kind of doubts. Soo thank you for this second video too, I think it is very important to know when struggling that you are not alone:)
Hey mayuko, appreciate you for these videos that share more about imposter syndrome and tech burnouts. Self doubt in tech industry is real, and it needs to be discussed more ☺️
You're like a wise-tech-guru for all of us. Thanks for the tips. 🙏
Whenever I feel lost I Always know you have a video to put me at ease 😌 thank you, Mayuko! I’m going to use this bit of advice in my monthly performance review in a few hours
The timing of this video is perfect! I just got promoted to Network Engineer at work and feeling some big impostor syndrome. Thanks for the tips and love the videos!
Thanks a lot Mayuko, I am currently facing this syndrome and was looking for how to deal with it. I founded it video at the perfect time. Thanks for helping.😊
i'm pretty sure you just need to play Among Us a couple times, and you'll get the hang of being an impostor
lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always crewmate, though.
Thanks for the video! That was helpful! 😄 Feelings and thoughts can be quite complicated, hey? Let's just push for Goodness no matter how hard it is. I like how my aunt once said, "just close your eyes and go on" or in similar words 😄
Makes sense someone in tech would place guidelines for there channel. Doesn't change the fact your video is spot on. I recently just got my degree in software development. Not engineering but in the tech space. I feel everything you are talking about. I have my degree but feel like I know nothing I'm currently looking at job requirements and I'm like I don't know any of this stuff they are asking for. My sister in law who is a recruiter keeps telling me I'm fine but I don't believe her. I feel like I'm going to get there in front of a project and just spend all day staring at a screen not getting anything done because I don't know what to do. Anyway, great video.
Hi Mayuko , great video.... while you were describing imposter syndrome , it became clear that nearly anyone who knows html and css can make a website but when it comes to javascript/react/angular ... the core norms of frontside.. that a 3ft wading pool of HTML drops off to the Marianas trench; Since alot of coding is geared toward web development.. that in itself is a sort of comfy zone for many in the industry... as opposed to desktop workhorse apps and those nerds... (not minimizing anyone's role)..Then theres the reality of understanding group task work on a code base.: the whole jobspace technology of being a coder.... THATs what concerns me more than tests. . I started learning Ruby and now I've moved to learning Javascript React.. it wasnt until I knew a second language that the first made more sense... apparently real devs only use 10% of the API of any language.... People are cratering about a superfluous anxiety and fact because they dont know... not knowing even half of the language is normal.
thank you for this video!! i'm about to start as a software engineer in a new company, the timing couldn't be better
I have the feeling constantly. I hear so many news stories that people are struggling during the pandemic and some of them have been working long hours and all. Meanwhile, I am working from home each day with a decent income for about three to four hours of writing code really. What I do isn't even hard to learn. I basically just google all the time, then I copy all the awesome solutions to my project and rename and refactor.
I am an aspiring self-taught developer and I am totally feeling this after I just finished a Udemy course about web dev with Dr. Angela Yu. Thank you Mayuko for your videos!
Im in the same boat, Im just about to finish that course, then move on to jonas schedtmann and shaun pelling courses, im struggling...
I love your videos! such interesting topics! I've had impostor syndrome my entire career and while I've been in the tech industry for 8 years now, I still have it sooooo...for all the newbies out there, even experienced folks have it so don't feel like you're only experiencing it because you're new. It's natural and you really need to be more kind to yourself to be able to live with it.
What a great video, thank you so much for addressing this in such a clear and kind manner, as an Engineer, I can definitely relate (perhaps more than I should).
Often I feel like people in tech are put under a huge amount of pressure to deliver to unreasonable targets (whether set for profit or to satisfy a specific customer, it doesn't make much of a difference) - I do think that a more collaborative environment, perhaps even a mentorship type of relation with a colleague, might help, but these days such things are hard to find nowadays.
Whenever I feel like it, I'll re-read my merged PRs and JIRA tickets assigned to me. Works all the time.
Thank you Mayuko..
your suggestion is really enlightening
Thank you Mayuo, I really appreciate the video. It's very informative and your advice is always constructive.
I have been needing this thank you for posting this. Love the content you put out.
MAN the way she reduced the screen size felt so effective! Nice video Mayuko 👍
You have no idea how this video is perfectly timed for me.......Thank you so much
I think I've been able to pin down two different ways I experience imposter syndrome:
1) Legit not knowing how to proceed on a problem/project/something I need to get my head around
2) When I start to get comfortable in a job position, I take for granted how much I've learned to actually feel comfortable. At that point I start to think "Man, anyone can do this stuff - what value am I even adding?"
Point 1 is definitely related to the comfort zone idea. It comes up a loooot when learning new content, when there's always this seemingly insurmountable gap in knowledge or skills, and my brain just isn't making sense of anything. I get this at school constantly, and on my internship now, it comes in the strongest when I need to get my head around an existing code base. Reading someone else's code can just suuuuuuck. But, I'm trying to remind myself that it's a pretty normal experience in this field. Technical knowledge takes time to absorb. And when you're trying to make sense of someone else's work, you're basically having to adapt how you think to how they think. Not easy!
Point 2 is more difficult to deal with for me. Talking to people outside of the field is helpful - when just explaining what I'm doing on a normal work day in the simplest, high-level terms possible has them going "what the hell are you even talking about?", I realize that whatever skillset I've cobbled together isn't universal or trivially acquired.
Just wanted to say, I love your channel Mayuko, always do things in such a cool way and also your wardrobe is always fire 🔥🔥
My whole life I've been involved in tech and I always feel that I can never get enough which I love because there is always something new but also you never really feel satisfied.
OMG this is so me right now.. New grads from non tech major and currently doing my first job as AI engineer. With startup high pace working environment and work from home situation completely breaking my confidence. I can't even go to the office and meet the teams due to covid situation (yup I haven't met my colleague in person till now). Thanks for the video! Hope your advice can help me to get through all these things.
OMG I am feeling this from many years in Bayarea with a basic knowledge in tech.
Hello, Mayuko.. hope you see this message. the very first video of you I saw on youtube was "Daily Life Of A Developer", at that time I was learning programming and web development but somehow after seeing your video, I bought a mac and started learning iOS development and luckily, in a hard time like that.. I got myself hired as an iOS developer intern. I think I'm having an imposter syndrome since I have to work from home so I dun really have a chance to ask what I don't know from my seniors since they are all busy with their project although I am trying my best and I feel like I am not doing well and kinda worried if I got fired. You cheered me up!! Thanks. PS: hey I am learning Japanese for about two years so maybe next time I would love to comment in Japanese. UwU.
I feel that.. Same with me they promise to help you out but in the end you are left with no one to seek help from and ur deadline isn't met... Feels horrible isn't it.. I hope you are doing good now
Thank you Mayuko, I just started in my first software engineering job. I needed this :)
Thank you 🙏🏽 I’ve been trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I was promoted to a new tech position in my company in early 2020. I’ve been mentally overwhelmed because I felt taking this opportunity may have been a mistake. I also thought maybe that taking on this new role right in the midst of the pandemic was a possible reason I was feeling this way. After listening to your video, I have no doubt I’ve been experiencing imposter syndrome. Thanks again for your words of encouragement!
She's fantastic! She's also the person who is going to interview me at my next job and ask me what a hash code is and make me feel stupid.
You are good Mayuko, continue to share ur thoughts 🤗
I really needed this video today. Thank you Mayuko!
Thank you so much for making this video Mayuko!
I also get imposter syndrome as someone who is getting into computer technician. At some point in time, I know im probably gonna be put in a position where it is out of my expertise but at the end of the day, I just gotta be able to always adapt and learn no matter what. I love installing and troubleshooting hardware parts for PCs, but when it comes to networking and other software related stuff, I am just not as confident in those things if someone where to ask me a question about it. You could only hold and retain so much tech information that it is nearly impossible to answer every tech related question from clients/customers. Its great to learn everything you can in a particular field but if its about tech, then I would honestly focus on learning what's most relevant in today's time since technology is rapidly evolving and different parts of technology becomes outdated and obsolete over time.
Wow this video is great; and the timing of this video with where i am in my career right now is perfect! Thank you!
Hey Mayuko could you either in a video or here go over how to talk honestly with your manager? I'm in my first job and I feel like I can never be 100% honest. For example, in this vid you mention telling a manager you're scared you will be get fired. I would have NEVER thought to actually bring that up, thinking it would just make me look bad. A personal example is I ended working half time on two dev teams with different tech stacks. While its not horrible, I'd definitely prefer to only work on my original team. But my manager asked in a 1 on 1 how the split is going and if I regret saying yes to it. I said no and that its going alright, which is partially true, I said yes to look good to my employer. However if I was being truly honest I'd would have answered a bit differenty
Thank you for sharing this Mayuko! Love your channel
This video came just in time, we just talked about it in class today! Thanks.
ahh yesss!! It's great timing and super on point with your advices mayuko! Thanks for this!
Love you Mayuko great advice.Keep up the great content
I still suffer from IS sometimes, but what helps me, is looking back at what I have done up to that point.
my imposter syndrome is damn near debilitating. Makes it hard to apply to jobs. It's crazy. I hate it.
Thank you! I've just landed a job as a QA engineer in an international company, but once I've got the offer with all my new responsibilities, I've freaked out and even thought for a couple of minutes of rejecting the offer. A do not have much experience and so I feel like they are mistaken and i am not good enough for that job and my English is not enough to be able to communicate with foreign customers. Your video definitely helped me to calm down a bit :)