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We are presented daily with the ideas and code of the very best in the world, and we use them as the measure by which we judge our own abilities.\n\n### 7\n\nWe assume that *most* people know *most* of these things\nIf someone mentions something once, well they're probably an expert\n\nAs a result it feels like we know nothing and we fight the uphill battle to try and learn all the things\n\n### 8\n\nJake Archibald has some wisdom for us\n\n...\n\n### 9\n\nYou might have seen ppk's post recently called Stop pushing the web forward.\n\n...\n\nAfter I googled what moratorium meant, I recognised this post as evidence of our struggle to keep up with the pace of change to our platform.\n\n### 10\n\nSo I have some todo's for you, because web dev's *love* todo lists.\n\nTake my advice - you probably don't suck as much as you think\n\nListen to Jake, make peace with the fact that you won't know all of the web\n\nSpeak at events like this or at meetups, doing that shifts the focus from what you *don't* know to what you *do* know\n\nStand up for what you believe in, don't assume like you don't know the best solution to a problem\n\nMost importantly work on achieving a work life balance, instead of trying to learn every new javascript library, focus on the things that really interest you and make you happy.\n\n### 11\n\nIf any of this resonated with you, here's the man who you can thank.  Joss's presentation called \"Feeling like a better developer\" is where nearly all of this content has come from, I highly recommend it if you'd like to learn more about impostor syndrome.\n\nBecause I've stolen most of Joss's presentation, take heart, *I'm* the only Impostor here :)\n\n### 12\n\nThanks for listening\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmarkbrown4%2Fpresentation-wdyk","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmarkbrown4%2Fpresentation-wdyk","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmarkbrown4%2Fpresentation-wdyk/lists"}