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**Sam Boyer:** Yes! We will have this roadmap up so soon, and all of your contributions will be wonderful and valued. Please do! |
**Erik St. Martin:** File issues for things that are broken, but extra credit if you submit a PR for it. |
**Sam Boyer:** Exactly! |
**Erik St. Martin:** A huge thank you to all of our listeners, both the live listeners and the people who will be listening to the show once it's produced. Definitely a huge shoutout to our sponsors for today's episode, Toptal and Compose. Without them, we wouldn't be able to continue doing this. Share the show with fr... |
**Carlisia Thompson:** Bye, and thank you, Sam. |
**Sam Boyer:** Thanks everybody, this was great. |
• Impostor syndrome discussed as a psychological problem of self-doubt and lack of confidence |
• Importance of understanding that impostor syndrome is not just about technical skills, but also personal happiness and well-being |
• Comparing oneself to others' curated online presence can exacerbate feelings of inadequacy |
• Separating one's knowledge and abilities from the act of delivering a presentation or sharing expertise in public |
• The need to overcome fear and anxiety related to public speaking and sharing ideas with others |
• Personal experiences shared by panelists about struggling with impostor syndrome and overcoming their fears |
• The distinction between knowledge and public speaking skills |
• Impostor syndrome and its effects on confidence |
• The importance of practice and experience in becoming a confident speaker |
• The value of "baby steps" in building up to more challenging presentations |
• The need to be willing to learn and acknowledge areas of weakness |
• Impostor syndrome in public speaking and teaching |
• The importance of validation from others, but also the potential for it to be toxic |
• Self-taught individuals (autodidacts) feeling insecure around those with advanced degrees or more technical knowledge |
• The role of perception and context in feelings of inadequacy |
• Personal experiences and accomplishments as a source of confidence |
• Formal education vs. self-taught experience in relation to impostor syndrome |
• Impostor syndrome among programmers |
• The value of formal education in computer science |
• Legitimizing one's knowledge as a programmer |
• Self-teaching vs. traditional education |
• Social barriers to legitimacy in the tech industry |
• Hiring practices and job descriptions in the era of self-taught professionals |
• Impostor syndrome in public speaking |
• The value of learning something new vs. having a unique perspective |
• Audience expectations and forgiveness |
• Storytelling as a key component of effective presentations |
• The benefits of sharing passion and expertise through storytelling |
• Q&A sessions: potential drawbacks, including fear of being caught off guard and creating drama |
• Problematic Q&A sessions where some attendees monopolize the mic and others are intimidated from asking questions. |
• The importance of approaching speakers and engaging with them in a one-on-one setting, rather than putting them on the spot in front of an audience. |
• Strategies for overcoming fear and anxiety when approaching famous or admired individuals, such as taking it out of your head and focusing on shared interests. |
• Techniques for building connections with others at conferences, including finding common ground and being genuine. |
• The need to build confidence in giving talks, and the value of starting small and becoming more comfortable over time. |
• The terror and paralysis that comes with public speaking |
• Creating a safe space for community members to practice their delivery and receive constructive feedback |
• The importance of seeking help from others in the community to review and improve talks |
• The value of talking about topics one is passionate about, and using storytelling techniques to engage audiences |
• The benefits of sharing personal experiences and emotions when speaking publicly |
• Preparing and presenting a conference talk |
• Overcoming fear and impostor syndrome when public speaking |
• The importance of self-confidence and not comparing oneself to others |
• Receiving feedback on talks and presentations |
• Supporting and encouraging others in their own public speaking endeavors |
• A book recommendation: "The Imposter's Handbook" |
• Overcoming imposter syndrome |
• Breaking out of comfort zones and taking on new challenges |
• Sharing personal experiences with anxiety and Tourette's |
• Introduction to various software tools (Spectacle, Docker Playground, Polybar) |
• The importance of having supportive communities and resources for dealing with self-doubt |
• Discussing the idea of hosting a meetup with multiple lightning talks |
• Encouraging people to step out of their comfort zone and give presentations |
• Mentioning the potential for future episodes to feature topics related to impostor syndrome |
**Erik St. Martin:** Alright, welcome back everybody for another episode of GoTime. Today is episode \#30. Today's show is actually sponsored by StackImpact and Backtrace. On today's show - myself, Erik St. Martin, Carlisia Pinto is also here... |
**Carlisia Thompson:** Hi, everybody. |
**Erik St. Martin:** And Bill Kennedy is joining us, as well. |
**Bill Kennedy:** Yo! |
**Erik St. Martin:** And finally, if you couldn't tell from the excited announcement, we also have Johnny Boursiquot on the call. How are you, Johnny? |
**Johnny Boursiquot:** I'm doing very well. |
**Erik St. Martin:** Last episode we had the fun, and if you listened to it and it didn't sound as entertaining as you thought it would, look for the raw, uncut version in the show notes, and it becomes even more funny. This episode we're going to come closer to the heart of this episode and have some deep conversation... |
If you are joining us live, feel free to jump into the GoTime FM channel on the Gophers Slack. This can go back and forth if you guys want to ask us questions. If there's anything that any of us on the show have done, successes or things that we've talked about that it appears we're very knowledgeable on, challenge us ... |
Any thoughts, anybody wanna kick off this conversation? |
**Johnny Boursiquot:** Well, I think it's good to start with the definition... We have to sort of understand the problem. |
**Carlisia Thompson:** I was just gonna say that. |
**Johnny Boursiquot:** \[laughs\] See, we're thinking alike already. |
**Carlisia Thompson:** Yeah. Because I think sometimes maybe we mix up impostor syndrome, which can be a very debilitating thing, with just lack of confidence, which is a different thing. Also not good, but it's different. |
**Erik St. Martin:** I think it's hard though too, because I get into debates too, and if Brian were on the show, he'd call me on it too, because Brian's been beating that dead horse for years with me, to kind of get onto my own way. But I think that there can be a difference between confidence and insecurity and the e... |
\[03:45\] But I'm confident in my abilities. I know I'm a good programmer and that I build good things, but when it comes to getting out in public, that changes. Does that make sense? I think people can be confident in their abilities, but still kind of have that fear of kind of like exposing themselves publicly. |
**Johnny Boursiquot:** Yeah, I mean... If you've ever felt like a fraud, regardless of your level of knowledge on any given topic - if you've ever felt like a fraud and you thought that exposing yourself to the world would confirm those feelings... The struggle is real; you're actually suffering from impostor syndrome.... |
It's sort of a lack of understanding of how you should see yourself, your self-worth, your self-esteem. I'm pretty sure it's a psychological problem, to be able to reflect on yourself in that way. |
**Erik St. Martin:** I think that the problem isn't just in technical stuff; I think it's really about personal happiness in all of life. It's interesting, I was at the doctor's office and I was talking to one of the nurses, too; somehow we got in a conversation, and I brought up the whole why I don't use a lot of soci... |
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