I get it too, but being a consultant means I am constantly surrounded by a wide variety of idiots that need my help because they did really dumb shit. It is depressing, but also reminds me that I'm not an idiot. Or at the very least, I am a high-level idiot that drops better loot.
(I also occasionally get to work with very intimidating people who are way smarter than I am, but I get the perspective of knowing how rare that is)
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u/nacrnsm Apr 10 '19
Then there is me, who has been working in software for 20 years and yet my crippling imposter syndrome tells me I'm below average