Jon Skeet's recent two-part series "The Imposter Syndrome"
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One of C#'s and .NET's uber gurus pauses to reflect on the cognitive dimensions of technical skill self-appraisal, and its relations to others' opinions. Part I: [^] Part II: [^] Aside: there's a wonderful aspect of the Thai language: the words for "mirror" (gajok), and "liar" (gohok) are homophones. I decline to imagine that if Skeet is an imposter ... what that might make me: I'm still struggling to imagine I may be worthy of shining Richard Deeming's shoes one day :wtf:
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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One of C#'s and .NET's uber gurus pauses to reflect on the cognitive dimensions of technical skill self-appraisal, and its relations to others' opinions. Part I: [^] Part II: [^] Aside: there's a wonderful aspect of the Thai language: the words for "mirror" (gajok), and "liar" (gohok) are homophones. I decline to imagine that if Skeet is an imposter ... what that might make me: I'm still struggling to imagine I may be worthy of shining Richard Deeming's shoes one day :wtf:
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
Skeet's knows his limitations where the general public or his colleagues are unaware; they see him as a programming guru. I don't think of him as an imposter, but humble and someone that works hard to carry his mantle. He probably sees himself as not good enough and continues to improve; which is what has made him successful. I've worked with many people who mimic things other people say, use buzzwords that don't make sense, and continually try to promote themselves on anything they've accomplished. To me, these people are the true imposters and I'll take the humble person over them any day of the week.
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One of C#'s and .NET's uber gurus pauses to reflect on the cognitive dimensions of technical skill self-appraisal, and its relations to others' opinions. Part I: [^] Part II: [^] Aside: there's a wonderful aspect of the Thai language: the words for "mirror" (gajok), and "liar" (gohok) are homophones. I decline to imagine that if Skeet is an imposter ... what that might make me: I'm still struggling to imagine I may be worthy of shining Richard Deeming's shoes one day :wtf:
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know." I think that Einstein correctly identified the source of Imposter Syndrome quite awhile ago.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
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One of C#'s and .NET's uber gurus pauses to reflect on the cognitive dimensions of technical skill self-appraisal, and its relations to others' opinions. Part I: [^] Part II: [^] Aside: there's a wonderful aspect of the Thai language: the words for "mirror" (gajok), and "liar" (gohok) are homophones. I decline to imagine that if Skeet is an imposter ... what that might make me: I'm still struggling to imagine I may be worthy of shining Richard Deeming's shoes one day :wtf:
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
Hmpf, me thought "Impostor Syndrome" was someone pretending to be something they know they're not, not fear of being less than they really are. But, I guess what I'm talking about is more akin to narcissism. Which pretty much describes RD.
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