[martin-adams]

The opening description resonates with me. I would say I'm pretty experienced in what I do, but do I know the detail of being accurate with everything? No. This is why I don't blog nearly enough because it takes a lot more time explaining details that I filter out in my day-to-day work.

Experience can come from knowing enough concepts to make stuff work, but also knowing where to look to fill in the gaps should you need to do. It's also knowing when to fill in those gaps, and when to leave them because it's not important right now.

I would say imposter syndrome is the anxious feel not knowing all the gaps and questioning yourself. Some people are impacted by this, others are not.

If you adopt a growth mindset, you see these gaps as advances in your craft, and not a measurement of your inexperience.

The real question to ask is what about that trigger is causing your to feel uneasy and become anxious. This is usually a more complex question to answer. If you can get to a point of exploring that question objectively and without judgment of yourself, you can path the way to overcoming imposter syndrome.