Why I Think Imposter Syndrome is So Common In Software Engineering

Chigozie Asikaburu
5 min readMar 1, 2023

Don’t think you’re good enough to work in tech? You’re not alone. If you’re a regular user of sites like YouTube, Reddit and TikTok you’ve likely seen confessions of everyone from software engineers to aspiring ones, feeling like imposters.

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So, what gives? Are we all just faking it, till we make it? Here’s five of the biggest reasons, imposter…

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Chigozie Asikaburu

Writer ✍🏽, lifelong learner 📕 and tech enthusiast 💻. I enjoy writing about tech and other stuff!