Help! Imposter Syndrome.
I am NITian 24 Male working at 11LPA in IT sector. I am worried a lot about the future. I am very smart and knowledgeable with high IQ and EQ and possess knowledge of about everything and every field. Kinda like "Jack of all trades, master of none". Despite being smart, I feel very under-confident, under-qualified and worthless. I envy and get jealous of seeing my friends and batchmates succeeding, going into IIMs, bagging 25-30 LPA or more by switching jobs and I just keeps wondering how are they doing it, how are they getting selected an all. Please help me out here overcoming this imposter syndrome and getting out of the pit.
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i was getting 18 k monthly when i was 24, still worried?
and i have all the qualities you mentioned and even more on cultural side but bhgwaan mere saath mje le ra h bcchpan se
Thanks. Its just all my friends and family always push me and acknowledge saying you're so smart and talented but I just don't know how to use this knowledge, smartness and talent to grow. Just clueless.
Falling into what society tells you is good for you will always result in you feeling miserable, Do a whole lot of introspection and then choose what is the best for you
This is the answer
Don't compare yourself to others. Only yourself from the past. If you're not better than before that's all you work on.
There will always be people better and worse than you. Don't take it personally, everyone has ups and downs in life. Yours has just begun.
https://youtu.be/0SARbwvhupQ?si=wLF3SayON5k8d072
I stumbled on this video a yesterday. Coincidence!?
almost everyone in software development thinks they are a jack of all trades and ironically they can do everything as well as long as they have heard the name of the technology. They will search a bit on google, read a few articles, documentation (and chatgpt these days) and call themselves jack of all trades. This is the beauty and ugly of the software industry. The thing is, we all are average and a few of us who call themselves smart, had the privilege of studying it early, spent more time on the topic or were lucky enough to join some prestigious institution. You should first read the article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/01/144958/if-youre-so-smart-why-arent-you-rich-turns-out-its-just-chance/
Once done, just work on being more lucky. Btw, I am earning 600 euros a month and have only a BCA degree (finishing in december) and I feel like shit too given I started programming at the age of 13. So it is not just you, it is india and its big income gap. A few more things to add, extroverts make more than introverts on average as they do those leadership things and talk fancy but not much skilled.
If you do not have much on your CV, you are still fortunate enough to be able to hide your incompetency with NIT badge. But if you really wanna get good jobs, maybe contribute to some open source software, join teams, do talks, tell people about your work, help them etc.
Take all the negative comments out buddy. Some guy said you're not having imposter syndrome. But actually the truth is yes you're suffering from an imposter syndrome. If you've cracked to be in NITs then you're no ordinary as much as I know. The problem is you compare too much about others than what needs to be done. I'm someone like you who get scared about other people's success and constantly compare with them. But I'm not having high IQ or EQ like you. But I genuinely believe I'm good at what ever is thrown at me.
My suggestion - take a break, sit and list all the great things you've achieved and get self motivated. You're in a better position than most average people do. Just stick with what ever you do and believe in yourself and work hard.
Always remember. Comparison is the thief of Joy. No matter how hard you try there is somewhere someone who does better than you. Stop thinking too much and enjoy every moment.