From imposter life to imposter moments: Tips from a Psychologist turned Engineer

Have you ever felt like you don’t actually deserve your success? Like you don’t belong, and everyone is going to discover you’re a fraud? If so, you’re in good company. A whopping 58% of tech workers report experiencing imposter feelings currently in their career, including employees from Apple, Google, Facebook and Uber. And when I started as a software engineer, I quickly became one of them. So why do so many of us feel like we’re undeserving of our success? What’s the cause of this industry-wide lack of self-confidence? And what can we do about it? I needed answers. Because as a former-psychologist, I should be able to fix this in no-time, right? (wrong…) In this talk, join me on my journey of changing careers and navigating through a new industry while feeling like an imposter. Find out why you can’t (and shouldn’t have to) ban out imposter feelings on your own, and get the tools and insights you need to turn an imposter life into imposter moments.