Why I Don't Have Impostor Syndrome (And Why You Shouldn't Either)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Impostor Syndrome (the feeling of doubting your abilities or thinking that you're a fraud) is extremely common in tech and software engineering. At a company like Google, it's especially prevalent. In this video, I share 5 techniques on how to overcome impostor syndrome as a software engineer (though this advice applies to other fields as well).
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Thank God , you exist on TH-cam , otherwise TechLead and Joma have ruined this place
#sacrilege
Techleads a fraud
1. Actively acknowledge your strengths.
2. Don't let one/ few negative comments/ feedback overpower the lion's share positive.
3. Find your weakness and make sure you grind on them till you feel that you've become a master in it.
4. Only compare yourself with those at your level and not with someone who's more professional/ overly qualified
5. Trust the process- understand that the system is correct and come out of your incorrect mindset.
In a nutshell, always be a leaner. An open and broad mindset along with a great deal of effort will give you the clarity to be the best of who you are. Thank you for this video! I've an interview coming up soon :)))
4. Compare yourself with yourself yesterday*
thanks for the quick takeaway, even this video is short
Year later. How'd your interview go?
@@loayakram4740 I was about to point this out, but you did it already man, that's good. You should not compare yourself with others, they have their own journey, and you have yours, so just compare yourself to yourself, nothing more...
Definitely someone who performs those card tricks can’t have impostor syndrome...
Honestly, I was having a psychological moment and your very real and rational videos have honestly helped me. I've been put me on the path to becoming not only a better computer science student but I'm more cognizant and organized. Cheers!
Another wonderful video. You always seem to provide a mature, well thought out perspective on things. I especially like the fact that you don’t regularly default to comedy at the cost of giving your authentic opinion.
Hey Clément! I can tell why your channel exploded so quickly. You are very smart and genuine. Ps: Could you possibly add those tips on teh screen as you say them or add them in the end of the video? Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the kind words! And ah yes, I forgot to do it this time; thanks for the reminder.
Thanks, old video but helped me alot Clem, half way through my bootcamp and impostor syndrome is hitting me hard!!!
"Why should you care about one person or a few people who are very vocal and critical when the rest of the people are overwhelmingly positive and supportive?" Spot on!
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Great info! And it’s nice to have a TH-camr actually talking about work and phycological aspects around it all!
I just joined your channel quite recently and I know this video is old but somehow drew my attention as I've been suffering a lot from imposter syndrome.Your tips are great and I definitely will use them - thanks a lot !
I just started the same bootcamp and I’m really excited about it. I joined this one primarily because of you, so thank you. Love your videos man, keep up the great work :)
Damn bro you nail most if not all videos, on a hard scale.
Loved the ad 😂 Clement, you've got yourself a client (after I finish boot camp)
Great points!
I’ve also noticed tracking your growth and abilities is a great way to reduce imposter syndrome as well.
I compare both the quality of code and solutions I made a year ago to now and realize I’ve become a better software engineer.
Hi, Clément. I recently discovered your channel while searching for content that could improve my mindset/get me motivated and let me tell you, your videos hit the bulls-eye.The content you output is wonderful and watching it feels like having an amazing mentor pep talk you. Thank you, so much.
What an awesome comment to read; super glad you're enjoying the videos!
@@clem I had a thought. Since imposter syndrome is very common in tech companies, wouldn't it be great for them to address it in onboarding? I wish I had something like this video, when I was doing my internship.
The thought is: This video should be used by tech companies for their "onboarding"/"training" as optional content. Imposter syndrome is common, but I have never seen it addressed by a company. Yes, a company hired you therefore we think you are worthy and all, but sometimes thats not enough. It would be very impactful and a benefit to the company if impostor syndrome was rooted out from the get go. If you think it could be useful, then why not pitch it at facebook and who knows, it might catch on and change things in the industry for the better.
Clem, make video on how you learn things especially technical skill.
I've been thinking this one through; hoping to come out with it fairly soon!
I second this request. Learning how to learn is a intellect multiplier. Learning new techniques has helped me keep my technical edge and skill relevance.
Oh wow! Your words at 8:47 really opened my eyes. Never thought about that. Many thanks for this insight. I appreciate it.
Great content, Clement, especially the cuts on cards (no pun-intended)!! #KUDOS
Thank you!
This just came out at the right time when I was really thinking of comparing ...like really comparing ....myself to others.
Thanks ... You doing great things..
Thanks for this! The ”trust the system” point really resonated with me.
As long as you haven’t misrepresented who you are and what you know, then trust that the people that hired you are just as smart or smarter than you are.
Please post a video on "Time Management".As a software engineer we get stuck many times into problems that we can't solve on our own.
Thanks a lot for Tips that you shared. ❤️
Compete with "yesterday you" - best advice I've ever gotten
i know this video is so old but as a senior about to graduate with CS (had to take an extra semester because of COVID :c ) and lost an internship that was really competitive (also due to covid) ive felt so much impostor syndrome in terms of "where i should be" within my career in software dev. thank you so much! its important to quell that little voice in my head that puts impossible standards on myself when everyone around me had their beginning in their coding and software engineering/developing careers. i hope anyone feeling similar comes across your channel and the resources you provide!
(also i wanna say, seeing people with slight lisps gives me the courage to tackle making content for youtube too, i have one and i always hate the idea of knowing people would hear my lisp but, whatever! i wanna help other people out there learn too)
Hi Clement i am from india. Your videos are always informative. Keep up good work. And also your cardistry skill is amazing.
Hi Clem absolutely love your channel. U are imparting valuable educational advice via your channel & website. I found your channel via The Tech Lead. Both he & U are really providing excellent coding advice & content. Plz continue your motivational work. PS: I'm planning on becoming a software engineer. Best wishes from Ireland.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Thank Clement for speaking out about this common problem. Your video is really inspiring
Hey Clem !! In the descriptions of your video it's mentioned 70 problems, I guess you forgot to update it to 75 .!! Keep up the good work :)
Thanks for pointing this out; will fix soon!
Thanks a lot for your advices.. I have face some of those situations... the problem sometimes is" how you detect your own streghts"..."Non technical skills" are very underrated but they don't in the end..
Needed this video Clement. Thank you
Love your card tricks. Keep it coming with the great tips
Awesome, and will do!
Thank you ! This was very helpful!❤️
Yeah another thing that I used to combat imposter syndrome is getting feedback from others about my performance .... of course from people who I know aren't just haters😁
Thanks for addressing this issue! Your advice was super helpful. Do you think you’ll ever go full-time on AlgoExpert instead of working as a software engineer in the industry? If not, I’m curious to know why you are choosing to keep this as a side hustle instead of working for yourself.
AHHAHAHAHA I love how you unashamedly promote your course in the middle of the video!! :)
Wow, cool information/advice. Thank you Clem
Thank you for this video Clement. Recently have been getting rejected by jobs and imposter syndrome has been creeping in
Hey Clement,make a series of video's of Algorithms.
It will be very helpful for us,hope you will respond to it & i wanna add that you are doing a great work dude.Plz carry on like this ❤
Noting this idea down; stay tuned!
Well said. Great videos man, I enjoy watching them. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Great video! Can you make a future video on how you handle ambiguity?
Great idea!
Fellow FS grad 🥰 your success gives me hope lol thank you 🙌
I always smash the like button, gladly. You deserve. Incredible content.
Thanks for this, much needed!
You should do more of these motivational stuff !
Will do!
Hey, thank you man! That's a real problem for me... But no longer a problem I guess with the tips, thanks a lot
Always remember that you were acknowledged by those engineers in the first place to get the job, they had zero reason to let you join if you were unqualified.
Exactly!
There are lot of videos regarding imposter syndrome but this one is just wonderful. I can totally connect with your point 2. I always feel very demotivated after receiving few negative comments in my tech design review meetings. Sometimes, I also wonder if I have chosen a wrong career because of such incidents :(
Hey Clement, Please create a video tutorial on some card tricks
damn, this is great material. thanks!
If this isn't THE cure for impostor syndrome, I don't know what is. And you didn't even have to go to medical school to figure it out. 😊 Great job, Clement. Another videos full of wit, wisdom, and practical advice.
I should become a doctor 😎
@@clem A psychiatrist maybe xD
very wise words!
"These are the ads you are looking for"
- Clement "Kenobi" Mihailescu
Clement, make a series about programming hands on!
Working on ideas related to this!
Bro can u make a tutorial series on how you made the "Pathfinding Algorithm visualization" project.It would help a lot..
U really make quality vids. It's ur usp
Great advice!
a great source of motivation and inspiration
Hey Clement. I looked you up on linkedin and one of your extra curricular activities was being on the university speech and debate club. Did you ever make a video commenting on how this skill has affected your career growth?
I think as developers, we put a lot of focus on the technical side, but I am starting to realize the communication side is just as important.
What would you choose, an above average coder with poor communication skills or a very good communicator with average/below average coding skills.
The last one was my favorite. Thanks.
He forgot to say "Ex-Google"
Completely agree. Software Engineering has the most of this syndrome. You see many people starting companies, securing better jobs, and eventually you can feel miserable and underperformed. Just do what you like and don't follow other people footprints - make your own :)
You're very inspiring!
I think #3 is best takeaway. The only way to not feel like an imposter is to realize you have weaknesses and simply try and improve on these weaknesses.
Hey suppose we get a job in the big tech company do we get paid the same high salaries as Silicon Valley branch of the same company
If you're in a location with comparative cost of living and market rates like New York City, yes; otherwise, unfortunately, not quite as high.
Were you going to share those tips on learning how to learn. setting some sort of structure, how do you manage and keep track of what you study.. Im going all over the place... Your tip to do a codewars puzzle to warm up was gold by the way.
Coming soon!
Woooo let's go another Clément video !
No one is perfect, just remember that.
great idea to make such a video, great u did it. thank u a lot
Thank you
Amazing - thank you :)
You’re an absolute legend dude
i agree
@@spinLOL533 It's like he's in my head or something. Every question I ever had, every kind of help I ever needed he he is making a video about. And not only that but the videos are so well made, he covers every single part of the subject, gets into details without being boring or creating confusion. So underrated. I can't for his channel to blow up because he really deserves those viewers and subs.
Haris Papadopoulos Yup he’s answering things we’re all thinking. Sort of don’t want other people to figure out about this channel :/
@@spinLOL533 Same. I'm trying my best sharing his videos with people that I know that are interested in this type of content. I don't get much results though, 99% of my friends are not interested in tech whatsoever
I had the imposter syndrome and felt pretty sad, then I started a playlist with just Clement's videos in combination with a drinking game to take a shot everytime Clement says Google in one of his videos.
that algo expert plug tho
I agree with what you say about comparing yourself to people who have far more experience but only weakly because to be frank everyone is in competition with coding, you don't really get binned into tiers determined by time. It's simply is coder 1 or coder 2 the better, so you need to get better faster than your senior in order to be as valuable, right? @ Clement Mihailescu
Second suggestion is so fucking true, atleast for me!
Hey Clement, I have been self-studying coding for a week, and I really wish there was a comprehensive list of languages/things that someone can make that will make me pretty competitive at those big companies when mastered. As I have a degree in science, I am not familiar with all those technical terms such as SQL, html, etc. I know eventually I would have to do my own research but do you think you could possibly comment or make a video on a comprehensive list of things a self-studying person should master to get hired? I have the will to study hard, just have no idea what to do as my time is limited(within 8months or so). I would really appreciate your advice. It can change my life.
fyi I am currently studying python(recommended as easier language with simpler syntax) on a website, and looking forward to watch your python in 10 days video.
Hi is the website algoexpert is for complete beginners?
Love that intro
formal and nice Ad 🤣
You are awesome.
I think I have imposter syndrome. I didn't know there is something called imposter.. Now I realized what is the problem and trying to solve..
Thank you! 😊
it's generally accepted within the field that it takes 10 positive experiences to make up for 1 positive.
also handling negative effects is a survival mechanic and if we do not have the ability to stop the negative we tend to fall back to "avoidance" and simply pull away.
I find that everyone sucks majorly even at the Very highest level people don't have a fucking clue what they are doing and the entire idea of their expertise comes from them lying about how amazing they are, hyperbolic, which properly comes from many fields being infested with people being hired on lies, which means everyone needs to lie or there is a lying candidate which is just "better"...
we are seeing the breaking point currently and at least in my country we start seeing hirings written in terms of "joking/pissing on the entire: want new developer with 10 years experience 7 languages, perfect expertise, ready to work overtime for free, and can call superman in with mindcontrol; ow and the person needs to work for Half the salary etc".
there is a ton of other reasons etc. but it all comes back to "we all majorly suck at our jobs, as we are all hired in jobs that are pushing our limits of competence; most are" and therefore we should learn to be ok with sucking at things, and ok with others knowing.
so that we can improve and stop pushing each other to stress breakdowns, depression etc. all on lies and all only benefitting the extreme few at the top taking everyone else resources and hoping everyone is too stressed from running too fast to make the resources, to actually realise they are killing themselves all for a very few evil people at the top.
taking care of peoples health is far more important than having yet another disgusting capitalist pushing everyone from the top while they are stealing all the resources doing next to nothing for the amount they are taking.
Thanks Clem.
Imposter syndrome simply doesn't exist in people who are confident in their abilities or know the reach of their abilities. You either know it or you don't.
I coughed while watching this mainly because I'm sick as hell but also because I felt like you're talking about me all the time - yeah, I need to work on those comparisons and unproductive thoughts. Also, since I'm sick I couldn't go to a professional conference in my area and I wanted to do some mingling and pitch myself a little bit so I can build some contact with potential future recruiters :/ kinda feels like I missed an important opportunity :(
There'll always be other opportunities. And it's time to get rid of those thoughts!
it was not people who gave me this life and it will not be people who decide where it goes. the only voice you may ever listen to is the voice of your own conscience, apart from any accusation from outside. if it haunts you at night, then and only then accuse yourself. No one was born insignificant or unloved.
Even if ALL the people around me accuse me, I will do what my conscience tells me to do. That is the final say of every philosophy and religion worth following in this world.
And a person can't go against ALL when just ONE throws him or her off balance.
How to know what we are strong at?
8:21 - 9:00: pure gold
It would be kinda funny if TechLead was your TechLead in Google
Can you make a video about how to stay yolked as an SDE?
"Cause I have a math degree"
*ends video*
would be how this video should go
😂
You are a genius man !
Sneaky, also damn feel called out...
Predicting: This channel will hit 100k by EOY
Will be much more
That would be both amazing and crazy!
Honestly I unconsciously get imposter syndrome too when non-cs people ask me a random "not cs related question" and throws the line "You're in cs you should know this", and it automatically makes me feel bad about it when it shouldnt
listening to this while struggling with a f*king piece of code
3:53 you’re welcome.
The example of Google API was 👌👌👌
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Great advice Clement! Can you please make a video about
1)How did you learn other topics like System Design in your interview prep
2)How did you become "Algoexpert"
And We wont mind if you teach us some cardistry😉😉
Writing down all of these ideas!
The TechLead doesn't have impostor syndrome.
TechLead doesnt even have a job and a wife. Forget impostor syndrome.
juz kiddin
@@omatbaydaui722 you know his success is largely due to his humor, right?
Bro again, you are awesome 🙂
Thanks!