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 UA-camrs in the industry, such as yourself, Mayuko
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 😊
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 ua-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
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
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! : ) :)
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 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 😳
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!
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
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 👊
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.
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!!
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 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 ❤️
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.
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!
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!!
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.
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!
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.😊
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.
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 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.
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!
It's almost the end of the quarter and i've been kind of getting down about my life choices because I wasn't doing too good on midterms TTT this video SERIOUSLY came in good timing ahhh!!
I feel that when I first did my university practicum in a tech company that I like a lot but my subject (game programmer) is not related at all (I was been data engineer). My manager, otherwise, saw on my things that I didn´t even release and said me. I was impressed at first but in the end, she asked me to be part of the company. I am very glad, I i think a little path we need to take to figure that we´re not less to the job!
I think its important to know that if you're ever feeling like an imposter, especially in tech, ask yourself why. Its ok if you're not passionate about something but if it does genuinely interest you then you're not an imposter and it's ok if you're not yhe smartest person in the room, because yhe smartest person in the room was at one point not the smartest person in the room. It's ok if uou don't know something, take the time to figure out, its ok if someone else was more qualified and you got the position. Theres always going to be someone better than you and you're always going to better than someone else, sometimes you get the short end amd sometimes someone else does, way of yhe world, never sell yourself short.
I'm about to graduate college in less than a week from a software development program. Some days I feel like a champion and other days I'm so worried that I have no clue and that if an employer asked me a question I wouldn't even know the proper terms and verbiage or even sometimes what the programs are doing properly even though I've passed everything in college.
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
It's important for everyone to have friends and an environment to share with. And I'm sure it's very important for people who are still alive to have someone to share their time with.
I'm crying hahaha kidding aside. But somehow it is good to have someone like mayuko talking about this kind of matters. It is like you are being aware that their is also someone experiencing it and we need to help each other on how to face it. Thank you mayuko you're such a big part of my journey in tech. Looking forward for more videos. God bless.
I'm a college CS senior that doesn't know to code the struggle with impostor syndrome is a battle I'll probably never win. I'm too afraid to apply for jobs knowing I'm not good enough
Do personal projects not just uni projects and try to finish them through learning something new in each project, you probably know more than you think you do
yeah, it cool and good, but if you feel impostor syndrome, but have no desire to improve in your field and neither have other opportunities you like to take, it starts to suck exponentially
This was true, i was thinking again why i had to resign on my previous job which they are the biggest company in my country. Some part of me were felt the imposter syndrome too. Kinda feel i dont deserve it, and just want to quit. Then lesson were learned, since I finally back to my programming passion instead of working in a legal, marketing of else which i took for getting the experience. Well, to get over Imposter Syndrome, i just simply embrace if i am not genius, it just took time to understand the code. And... in the moment when i can do it, It's better to share it to others since it was the form of sharpening the understanding. (Sorry for my bad english, tried my best) 😂✌
Managers & mentors: keep in mind the new employees can be super self-critical (see: Imposter Syndrome), so don't hesitate to give compliments when they've deserved! (And if you have to occasionally find something else to compliment the employee on, sometimes that's helpful, too.)
Ive felt this when i started as upper management in a new company. Day 1 everything is your fault and you feel worthless if things dont go smoothly. Regardless of past achievement , you got to prove yourself again
My current employer hired me based on the fact I regularly play city-sims and now they're asking me to develop this and that -and only google is saving me from utter failure- but I actually shaped up just fine.
I don’t work in the tech industry yet but have the drive for it. But saying that I already feel impostery. I’ve been learning and working hard in AI and machine learning as my focus. I come from wood working and cabinetry though so it’s just weird to see the coding I’ve done already.
Managed to bag a good job with good pay .... three days in I feel like the dumbest guy in the room .... I was consistently the top performer during my internship at another company, so the shift was kinda abrupt .... watching the video & reading similar experiences in the comments has convinced me to stick around and give my best till im fired XD .. I'll trust the judgement of the 2 guys who took my technical rounds
Actually lost my first junior software dev job 2 weeks in. I am actually an imposter and fear applying for another jr dev job. I am saving myself the embarrassment and pursuing a different job IT helpdesk or something. I'm not cut out to be a developer I dont know what I was thinking lol
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 ua-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
Fellow high school dropout who is turning things around? I always feel bad about myself and my performance, unless someone above me is reminding me constantly what I am good at. However, none of that has to do with my lack of formal education, I actually find that amusing, and everyone else does as well.
This is literally how I felt once I got to university. I still feel like that now and I'm in my first year studying Electrical engineering but don't know if I can carry on!!
I started interning at this Start up working on the backend as an engineer and feel like a complete fraud lol. I know how to code but like contributing to a code base that isn't yours is tough lol.
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 UA-camrs in the industry, such as yourself, Mayuko
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.
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 😊
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 ua-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
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
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! : ) :)
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🙃
mayuko is just good vibes, her personality is just of the charts
off*
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
😳
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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I feel like Mayuko would be an amazing Engineering Manager 😭
Product manager?
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!
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
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 👊
20 years in the software industry and still feeling that ;) Great video and channel
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.
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!!
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!
you're like a sister giving an advise to me rn. thanks sis.
I am struggling with this feeling since I got the offer and your video is really helpful, thank you mayuko!
This is still the best and I always watch it when I feel like that. Thanks for that, really appreciate it🙏🏽
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 ❤️
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.
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!
Another Great Video!!! Can totally relate to most of the videos :) By the way, LOVE the new Code Merch!! Thanks, Mayuko!!
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!!
I still suffer from IS sometimes, but what helps me, is looking back at what I have done up to that point.
Whenever I feel like it, I'll re-read my merged PRs and JIRA tickets assigned to me. Works all the time.
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.
my imposter syndrome is damn near debilitating. Makes it hard to apply to jobs. It's crazy. I hate it.
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!
Hello my inspiration, just wanna tell u that you're inspiring me since day 1 in my engineering carreer. THANK YOU ❤️🙏🏻
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.😊
MAN the way she reduced the screen size felt so effective! Nice video Mayuko 👍
OMG I am feeling this from many years in Bayarea with a basic knowledge in tech.
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.
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.
7:35 "when I'm feeling *impostery*" -- love this description
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 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.
You are good Mayuko, continue to share ur thoughts 🤗
You have no idea how this video is perfectly timed for me.......Thank you so much
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!
It's almost the end of the quarter and i've been kind of getting down about my life choices because I wasn't doing too good on midterms TTT this video SERIOUSLY came in good timing ahhh!!
I feel that when I first did my university practicum in a tech company that I like a lot but my subject (game programmer) is not related at all (I was been data engineer). My manager, otherwise, saw on my things that I didn´t even release and said me. I was impressed at first but in the end, she asked me to be part of the company. I am very glad, I i think a little path we need to take to figure that we´re not less to the job!
Thank you Mayuko, I just started in my first software engineering job. I needed this :)
I think its important to know that if you're ever feeling like an imposter, especially in tech, ask yourself why. Its ok if you're not passionate about something but if it does genuinely interest you then you're not an imposter and it's ok if you're not yhe smartest person in the room, because yhe smartest person in the room was at one point not the smartest person in the room. It's ok if uou don't know something, take the time to figure out, its ok if someone else was more qualified and you got the position. Theres always going to be someone better than you and you're always going to better than someone else, sometimes you get the short end amd sometimes someone else does, way of yhe world, never sell yourself short.
I'm about to graduate college in less than a week from a software development program. Some days I feel like a champion and other days I'm so worried that I have no clue and that if an employer asked me a question I wouldn't even know the proper terms and verbiage or even sometimes what the programs are doing properly even though I've passed everything in college.
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
Just wanted to say, I love your channel Mayuko, always do things in such a cool way and also your wardrobe is always fire 🔥🔥
It's important for everyone to have friends and an environment to share with.
And I'm sure it's very important for people who are still alive to have someone to share their time with.
I'm crying hahaha kidding aside. But somehow it is good to have someone like mayuko talking about this kind of matters. It is like you are being aware that their is also someone experiencing it and we need to help each other on how to face it. Thank you mayuko you're such a big part of my journey in tech. Looking forward for more videos. God bless.
I'm a college CS senior that doesn't know to code the struggle with impostor syndrome is a battle I'll probably never win. I'm too afraid to apply for jobs knowing I'm not good enough
Do personal projects not just uni projects and try to finish them through learning something new in each project, you probably know more than you think you do
Thank you so much for making this video Mayuko!
This video came just in time, we just talked about it in class today! Thanks.
My deepest thanks for this video.
Great video! I’m going thru Impostor Syndrome!
Thank you for sharing this Mayuko! Love your channel
I've experienced this for a while ,in order to overcome that I kept the track on my hard work that I used to do before I experienced this
Wow this video is great; and the timing of this video with where i am in my career right now is perfect! Thank you!
Love you Mayuko great advice.Keep up the great content
yeah, it cool and good, but if you feel impostor syndrome, but have no desire to improve in your field and neither have other opportunities you like to take, it starts to suck exponentially
This was true, i was thinking again why i had to resign on my previous job which they are the biggest company in my country.
Some part of me were felt the imposter syndrome too.
Kinda feel i dont deserve it, and just want to quit.
Then lesson were learned, since I finally back to my programming passion instead of working in a legal, marketing of else which i took for getting the experience.
Well, to get over Imposter Syndrome, i just simply embrace if i am not genius, it just took time to understand the code.
And... in the moment when i can do it, It's better to share it to others since it was the form of sharpening the understanding.
(Sorry for my bad english, tried my best) 😂✌
ahh yesss!! It's great timing and super on point with your advices mayuko! Thanks for this!
needed this video today, thank you.
Loved the video. Thanks for the great advice 🙏🙂
at this point mayuko's videos are my personal therapy sessions...
Totally full of positive energy and good suggestions🤩
Managers & mentors: keep in mind the new employees can be super self-critical (see: Imposter Syndrome), so don't hesitate to give compliments when they've deserved! (And if you have to occasionally find something else to compliment the employee on, sometimes that's helpful, too.)
mayuko the queen of good advice
“Me to you and you to me 👉👇👈👆☝️👉👇👆👉” lol. Now there’s a rapper in you coming out. Great video, thank you for sharing.
Ive felt this when i started as upper management in a new company.
Day 1 everything is your fault and you feel worthless if things dont go smoothly.
Regardless of past achievement , you got to prove yourself again
About to take calculus next semester and currently taking a computer networking class the more I learn about computers the less I know.
My current employer hired me based on the fact I regularly play city-sims and now they're asking me to develop this and that -and only google is saving me from utter failure- but I actually shaped up just fine.
I don’t work in the tech industry yet but have the drive for it. But saying that I already feel impostery. I’ve been learning and working hard in AI and machine learning as my focus. I come from wood working and cabinetry though so it’s just weird to see the coding I’ve done already.
Waaah, definitely needed to hear this today. Thank you soooo much
Very cool perspective 🙂 thanks for sharing 🎬
Thank you, Mayuko
Needed this through my studies of software engineering 👍🏽
Thanks a lot for this video 😊 This is the exactly same thing currently I am struggling with 😭
The video that I needed. Thank you sooo much Mayuko! 😪😔
I don't even know this kind of feeling has a name!! And it is a syndrome too!! Thanks Mayuko-san. I really can relate the content of this video.
that analogy *perfectly* describes imposter syndrome
Managed to bag a good job with good pay .... three days in I feel like the dumbest guy in the room .... I was consistently the top performer during my internship at another company, so the shift was kinda abrupt .... watching the video & reading similar experiences in the comments has convinced me to stick around and give my best till im fired XD .. I'll trust the judgement of the 2 guys who took my technical rounds
Thank you Mayuko for the tips!!!
OMG I would giggle everytime Mayuko starts ranting and the scene started zooming out~
Quite relatable... very relatable indeed - A Python dev working as a PHP dev.
Actually lost my first junior software dev job 2 weeks in. I am actually an imposter and fear applying for another jr dev job. I am saving myself the embarrassment and pursuing a different job IT helpdesk or something. I'm not cut out to be a developer I dont know what I was thinking lol
Thank you Mayuko, this is insightful
I didnt know the term before. But Im always having a feel like this.
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Word of advice to everyone, dont care what others think of you, and that will help you a lot.
Thank you for adding the human element to the tech industry culture
It’s really weird working at a huge microchip manufacturing fab as someone who dropped out of high school. Culture shock to say the least…
Fellow high school dropout who is turning things around? I always feel bad about myself and my performance, unless someone above me is reminding me constantly what I am good at. However, none of that has to do with my lack of formal education, I actually find that amusing, and everyone else does as well.
Your vibe is soooo good, Mayuko! I guess I would love to work with you :)
This is literally how I felt once I got to university. I still feel like that now and I'm in my first year studying Electrical engineering but don't know if I can carry on!!
That’s how I felt as well. And I’ll be graduating this month! You can do it :)
this channel is like the Iyashikei genre in youtube
I started interning at this Start up working on the backend as an engineer and feel like a complete fraud lol. I know how to code but like contributing to a code base that isn't yours is tough lol.
Yes, this. All of this. Great video!