Yeah, I agree. Personally, I'm very susceptible to imposter syndrome. I'm constantly worried about whether I belong somewhere or what I'm doing is useful. I think of it less as an inferiority complex and more of a general anxiety about whether or not I could be doing something more productive or if the team could be more productive (e.g. with someone else other than me). This is why I never have to turn down a project. I often convince them that they don't want me. They want one of my friends, who actually knows stuff about things. 8^D
On 7/7/20 1:20 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > I think there is envy within and among most professions. When I was at Bios > Group, I felt there was, if not envy, then competition for recognition, > between the scientists and software engineers. Being a software guy myself, I > can only see it from that side of the fence; I can't speak to how the > scientists saw things. I always felt a bit of an inferiority complex, as well > as some hero worship toward the scientists. Part of this probably has to do > with the supply and demand ratios for complexity scientists and software > engineers. Geeks have always been in demand, and so it is easier to be > somewhat mediocre and still be gainfully employed and well compensated. I > suspect that scientists, particular theoretical physicists and > mathematicians, have to really stand out in their field to be in demand. -- ☣ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
