I have been wresting with the so-called "imposter syndrome" for a couple of years now. I gave up on coding for a little while and then came back, just to leave for a few months to come back again, then leave and then I came back again and for the last time (no more leaving) this time. I told myself that I would come back this last time and then I am going to do it: "I am going to complete the #100DaysOfCode challenge on Twitter!"

And guess what? After several attempts, this time during a traumatic heartbreak, a painful shoulder, with the experience of my room constantly spinning due to BPPV, recurring nose bleeds (everything at once) and with one day having to go to the library to code because my Wi-Fi went down and with a trip to my dentist for a root canal as well (which is great with my dental fear), with my head tilted to the left for weeks, I finally made it! Nothing could stop me this time!

I first got the imposter syndrome after I had completed my first Hacktoberfest. I remember I was thinking: "There is only a numbered people who get this stuff and why do I deserve the swag, when there must be many way better at coding than I am?"

I kept thinking that I should have known more than I already do, I should have done more than I already have and I should have learned faster than I already do. It also did not help that I kept coming over people on X being negative and complaining, saying that coding is incredible hard!

Have you or somebody you know had the imposter syndrome? Got any tips on how to deal with it?