Did you ever get imposter syndrome? How do you deal with it?
Sep 8, 2021
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The question is how to deal with imposter syndrome?
I got my salary more than 3 times. Start to feel weird.
How the work at Google and amazon different from other company?
In total I was always top performant but still needed help from others when I get stuck in fixing some bugs or adding new feature.
Current compensation: 110k, location Canada
TC offer: 335k, location California
Appreciate any advice
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In my opinion it has to do with the fact that we usually see only the smartest people being talked about which is like 0.0001% of people but it makes you feel like the average person is that smart. This can cause anxiety and feeling like at any moment you may not be as good as average and make you feel like you need to put in more effort even if you already put in a lot of effort.
Just like other forms of anxiety it’s simple to say “just stop feeling like that because of xyz” but sometimes it’s not so easy even though you know that you’re a top performer / probably above average, specially if you care that much or are in a tier 1/tier 2 company.
OP you should probably just go to therapy and work it out
No need for therapy
I was just trying to see what is the expectation and if that is much higher than my other projects
2. When you’re feeling strong anxiety the best way to fix it is to focus on work. No point in feeding the thoughts. The thoughts are not helpful/purely mental debris. Ignore it and get some work done. Accomplishing something will make you feel better.
3. Even though you have to normalize the pay in your own mind (become desensitized to it) don’t let it go to your head. Remember you are in a bubble of highly privileged people.
Good luck 👍🏻