Imposter Syndrome

By Caleb Abbruzzese

You are not a diagnosis. You are a professional with a unique set of skills that your peers all value, and it's time that you find that value too. Self-diagnosis and bad information has caused the IT profession to be swept with the belief of being an imposter. It's cool to say the term, and it gets used an excuse that keeps us from seeing our full potential.

Imposter Syndrome is a book to help you smash these self-diagnoses. You are not an imposter, and you should be confident in what you have to offer. Find that strength by learning to recognize what you really are, silence that inner voice of doubt, and learn a tool to help others see their value as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Caleb Abbruzzese
• Release date: May 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215311097

Caleb Abbruzzese

An avid Role Playing Game enthusiast and all around nerdy individual, Caleb Abbruzzese is a family man who is inspired by the limitless imaginations of his children. When that inspiration bubbles up, it spills onto pages of books and paints strange worlds and wild puns.Caleb is also known as The Pun King and runs a blog on wordplay and visual humor. Combined with the other nerdy habits, this defines his character. Happy to challenge anyone to a chain of puns, to see who can keep up the charade the longest.When not working on books or his day job developing web applications, Caleb is always available to help players find games, help designers test their mechanics, and talk game design theory for hours at a time.

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Imposter Syndrome

By Caleb Abbruzzese

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Copyright 2023 Caleb Abbruzzese

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Contents

Introduction

Programmers

Hint: You’re Wrong

You’re Unique. Just Like Everybody Else.

Wait, I’m Still Not Qualified

What Are You, Really?

Not Just Value. Potential.

Society Is To Blame

Conclusion

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Introduction

If you observe the online presence of the millennial workforce, possibly the most pervasive social quirk you’ll find is misapplication of clinical conditions. This is in no small part to the unusual need to self diagnose. I truly believe that this misapplication is caused solely by a misunderstanding that can be cured through self-improvement.

Recently I read a joke online about a person complaining that their therapist refuses to talk about autism because a social media video has convinced everyone they are autistic. As a father of an autistic child, this is hilarious to me. Her best improvement comes from not saying autism is what I am, and this is my limitations, but from believing that she is unique and just needs to try harder at some things than others.

It’s funny to me that people without