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xavia91 t1_j1ptr46 wrote

Reply to comment by GeorgeDaGreat123 in [OC] Women face greater Imposter Syndrome than Men, when starting Software Engineering Degrees, despite having similar high school averages by GeorgeDaGreat123

Why did you focus on highschool grades? They represent nothing of value for how good someone can do as software engineer.

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Altofaltception t1_j1ptvqw wrote

They are first year students.

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xavia91 t1_j1pulqe wrote

Okay then I have to ask, how can someone who is an absolute noob in their field of study have imposter syndrome?

Knowing next to nothing is basically the definition of what is expected of you.

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GeorgeDaGreat123 OP t1_j1qcc4k wrote

Yes, thank you for the comment. I agree confidence level would have been a better word choice.

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ezriah33 t1_j1qcofx wrote

I would actually not use the term confidence level in the chart since that has a statistical meaning and could be confusing. Maybe confidence in ability or something more descriptive

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Pac_Eddy t1_j1pv8z9 wrote

It's a measure of their confidence, not necessarily what they know.

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xavia91 t1_j1pvgwv wrote

Then it should be called that, because not being confident and imposter syndrome are two different things.

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Pac_Eddy t1_j1pvxej wrote

They're very similar things.

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WoWMHC t1_j1pwr03 wrote

Not really… coming from someone who has experienced imposter syndrome.

“Confidence is about what we can and can't do. Imposter Syndrome is about who we think we are.”

Imposter syndrome makes you feel like a fraud or you don’t belong. It has nothing to do with what you feel you can and can’t do.

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Altofaltception t1_j1qber3 wrote

>Imposter syndrome makes you feel like a fraud or you don’t belong.

A first year student can have those same feelings: "am I good enough to be at this school? I'm not as smart as all these other students."

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Pac_Eddy t1_j1pwws5 wrote

Nope.

Have a good day.

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WoWMHC t1_j1pxg6t wrote

Nice one. Enjoy that level of ignorance for the rest of your life. It’ll serve you well.

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epic1107 t1_j1q07vl wrote

In this setting, imposter syndrome would focus around the students not believing they are smart enough, given the school environment. You are the one being ignorant.

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WoWMHC t1_j1q4d1v wrote

Then it’s not imposter syndrome, it’s a lack of confidence. Imposter syndrome is knowing you can do something but feeling like you don’t belong there.

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epic1107 t1_j1q4jtz wrote

Impostor syndrome is the internal psychological experience of feeling like a phony in some area of your life, despite any success that you have achieved in that area

This is a graph showing people who believe they don't belong (feeling like a phony), despite the success they have achieved (high academic grades).

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