So, it was a typical Monday morning—coffee in hand, code on screen—when the boss suddenly called the dev team in.
“There’s a critical issue, explained what's up, then turned to me—the least experienced one on the team:
“Emmanuel, I need you to look into it”, as funny as it sounds I fixed it, should’ve been a high moment for me. But instead? Impostor syndrome kicked in. My brain went:
“You just got lucky.”,
“They’ll soon figure out you don't actually know what you're doing, you're fraud",
“You’re not really a developer.” You do the work, the real work but still feel like a fraud, my own mind be messing me up, I'm not good enough like them.
But reality is f*ckkk it mann!, aint no Elon Musk or Zuck but as long as I keep showing up yes that counts.
If you're struggling with impostor syndrome the feeling of I'm not good enough, that's cap my bro, you belong here, you're doing the work, whether you're coding, designing, writing, creating visuals, whatever it is, just keep showing up. Progress> perfection, Every. Single. Time.