Building confidence as a developer

BUILDING CONFIDENCE AS A

DEVELOPER

HASSAN SANI

I love to do things I don’t understand

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@iNidAName @iNidAName @iNidAName

Let’s Begin

Impostor syndrome (also known as

impostor phenomenon or fraud

syndrome) is a concept describing

individuals who are marked by an

inability to internalize their

accomplishments and a persistent fear

of being exposed as a “fraud".

-Source Wikipedia

The Impostor Syndrome

Signs of the Impostor Syndrome

You Have Difficulty Accepting Praise You Tend to Discount Your Own Success


You Over Work Yourself You always want to be at your Best


You think it’s too easy — that anyone could

do it

You believe that what you’re doing is never

enough.

The Inception:

To Build a static Personal Page

After Tutorial:

Build a Todo App

Job Interview:With a readable and reusable code using Brute

force algorithms build an API for a Scalable App,

allowing a total stranger to fetch Data.

Why this is common among Developers.

The harmful effects of impostor syndrome

• Under-compensate

• Negative self-evaluations

• Never finishing

• Active self-sabotage

Ultimate Consequences

• You lose opportunities.

• You get burn out.

• You sabotage your own personal development,

career or relationship.

• You don’t enjoy life

• You get depressed

• You’re Not Getting Any Work Done

What Impostor Syndrome is NOT

• It not about being over confidence

Have confidence that if you have done a

little thing well, you can do a bigger thing

well too. - David Storey

How to Over Come the Impostor SyndromeAccept Who You are

How to Over Come the Impostor Syndrome

Attend Meet Up

• Most Importantly Eat the free food

• Ask Questions or Contribute


Build something and put it to the public

• Give access to feedbacks

How to Over Come the Impostor SyndromeWrite a blog

How to Over Come the Impostor SyndromeTake A break

• Take a walk

• Take a run

• Go outside

• Eat something (food)

• Talk to friends and families

• Just do something that doesn’t

involve coding


Using Technical Issues

• Join Online Forum

• Ask/Contribute to online Forum

• Contribute to open source

• Code Code and Code

• Surround Yourself with positive

people

• and Again Believe in yourself

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