---
title: "Why It’s Okay To Feel Like An Imposter"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-it-s-okay-to-feel-like-an-imposter-7xrlco8il
source_url: https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/why-its-okay-to-feel-like-an-imposter-e33a4f98f646
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2021-02-08T07:31:43.171Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming", "react"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 43
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# Why It’s Okay To Feel Like An Imposter

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 5 min read · 43 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

Vladimir Agaev had no degree in computer science and taught himself how to program. He felt like a fraud, I felt like I was never really ready and that I needed to learn constantly. He discovered that everybody feels the same to a certain extent. This feeling, this fear is actually rooted in the nature of our work.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ndev** · 3 upvotes

> An excellent post, it sums up why developers shouldn't feel like imposters.

**@samdevelops** · 1 upvotes

> Great write up, needed to read this!

**@dheysonalves** · 1 upvotes

> Great article, about a very important subject.

**@jessicacastro** · 1 upvotes

> Thank you for that!

**@munzertopu** · 0 upvotes

> Thanks, man. Needed to hear this.

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