About this episode
The episode discusses the often-overlooked experience of engineers dealing with imposter syndrome and the recognition of competence in their work.
  We all talk about how engineers deal with imposter syndrome--but we don't often talk about the experience of making things work "in the background." What is competence, and what do we do when competence isn't recognized? Justin Wilson (j2sw) joins Russ and Tom to discuss.   https://media.blubrry.com/hedge/media.blubrry.com/hedge/content.blubrry.com/hedge/hedge-308.mp3   download
People in this episode
Host: Russ White
Guest: Justin Wilson
Topics covered
- imposter syndrome
- engineering
- competence
- recognition
- background work
Keywords
- imposter syndrome
- engineering
- competence
- recognition
- background work
- Justin Wilson
- Russ White
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