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Imposter Syndrome overdiagnosis

To start out - I fully believe that imposter syndrome is a real thing that qualified programmers experience.

That being said, I've seen multiple posts here and in other communities where people list an extremely shaky list of credentials (e.g., I just finished a bootcamp), express concern of job-preparedness, and finish up with something to the tune of "man, my imposter syndrome is really flaring up right now."

I'm a full-time software engineer at my dream company. I worked damn hard to get where I am - I went through formal CS education, took 6 internships/residencies, and programmed full-time for 2 years at a startup before finally landing my current position at one of the companies I've always wanted to work for.

It feels like people expect to go through some basic training (a bootcamp, a 2-year degree without on-the-job training, etc) and be fully prepped to enter into one of the highest-paid, most-in-demand professions out there. Then, when the reality of their unpreparedness starts to set in, they've already been conditioned to think of it as "just imposter syndrome" when in reality it's a perfectly reasonable response to being under qualified.

I'm not saying this is the fault of those under qualified individuals. The programs and boot camps are the real villains in my mind. Regardless, I just wanted to express this sentiment and see if any other professional coders feel similarly. This hyper-pervasive "imposter syndrome" sentiment has really soured my experiences on programming forums recently.
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The main issue here is boot camps and programs like them tend to over promise on the kinds of opportunities they can provide. There isn’t anything inherently wrong with the concept of boot camps, getting enough training to start doing basic coding work and then building upon that foundation later is fine but it becomes an issue when boot camps are promising people serious engineering roles after a few months of training. 

Unrealistic expectations are set to justify the prices they charge and then people finishing those programs assume they must be doing something wrong or just aren’t really confident enough to get the positions they were promised.