33 days of Javascript
From Standard Deviation Podcast by Juliana Jackson, Simo Ahava
March 7, 2025 · 1h 6m · Season 4 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode discusses AI agents, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome with guest Nicola Strand, who shares her experience learning JavaScript.
We’re back with Season 4, Episode 2, kicking things off with AI agents, code, and whether Simo should build a SIMO-bot to replace himself. Then, we switch gears for a real convo with Nicola Strand about imposter syndrom and why she doesn’t call it that anymore. We dig into self-doubt, the pressure to “know everything,” and why learning more can actually make imposter syndrome worse. Nicola shares how she flipped imposter tendencies into an advantage and how she once spent 33 days learning JavaScript before deciding, yeah, this isn’t for me. If you’ve ever second-guessed yourself (so, all of us), this one’s for you. Tune in, and let’s make peace with the fact that no one really knows what they’re doing.
People in this episode
Hosts: Juliana Jackson, Simo Ahava
Guest: Nicola Strand
Topics covered
- AI agents
- imposter syndrome
- self-doubt
- JavaScript
- learning
- personal development
Keywords
- AI agents
- imposter syndrome
- self-doubt
- JavaScript
- learning
- personal development
- Simo-bot
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: imposter syndrome
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