Fear and (Self) Loathing in IT...
summary
Covers personal and team-level evidence: imposter feelings show up at big companies and in open source pull requests, fear kills collaboration, and environments can trigger anxiety. Offers numbers and artifacts — 70% of people report it, a personal quiz score 77, and an anecdote where an open space filled and ran out of chairs. Notes practical signs, how feedback or humiliation quashes contributions, and how conscious culture changes and encouragement actually increase participation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:57Impostor syndrome
- 4:22Signs and effects
- 9:03Who experiences it
- 11:11Team impact
- 13:19Workplace triggers
- 16:26Fear in IT
- 18:55Recognizing in others
- 20:18Cost of harsh feedback
- 21:41Setting positive examples
- 23:24Be excellent
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