I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
summary
Claim: impostor feelings come from moving things from the we don't know we don't know box into the you know you don't know box, not from actual incompetence. Cites the Dreyfus skill model, a yoga-vs-coding analogy, and six concrete habits—seek luck, set small goals, work joyously, share doubts, celebrate wins, help others. Gives concrete wins: running a workshop, TAing a GDI class, rebuilding style guides and running visual regression experiments, and delivering a successful large conference talk.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 14:11We are drowning in information.
- 14:35Intern: No idea what you're doing
- 17:46You don't always know what you can do.
- 19:41There are no shortcuts.
- 20:29INSPIRATION
- 23:38Define your fears.
