Faking It

[foxgrrl]

I don't really think that I'm a good photographer, and that I'm just pretending to be a good one by taking awesome looking pictures.

I don't really think that I'm a good hacker, and that I'm just pretending to be a good one by writing 0-day remote root exploits.

Comments

[tenbris.livejournal.com]

thewronghands and I once had a conversation about this, and how even the most qualified of individuals often feel like impostors. It is actually considered a syndrome and is something that plagues minority groups which, as chicks in tech, we v. much are. ;)

*snugs* you aren't alone in the way you feel, but, from just the smidge of what I've seen of you work, you also aren't right in your self-assessment.

[ivy]

Seriously. Most people go through phases like this, convinced that everyone else in their field is comparatively brilliant (when not engaged in gross idiocy), and that we are sluggish and laggardly by comparison. And other people are out there feeling that way about us. Madness. [rueful grin] I'm not qualified to judge photography, but I think you're a good hacker from what I've seen.