[stuff4ben]

I don't think this is limited to women. I suffer from this "syndrome" too. I went to work at one startup several years ago (geez almost a decade now) where I was surrounded by the most brilliant developers I had ever encountered. Definitely my experience wasn't up to par, but they hired me anyways. To combat the imposter syndrome, I worked my tail off learning all I could about their architecture and filling in my programming gaps. I'd like to say the imposter feeling goes away, but even today I get twangs of it when confronted by other brilliant developers (male and female BTW).

[fennecfoxen]

Impostor syndrome as a new computer-science/engineering student is a sign that you have self-introspection and successfully recognize your limitations. It will be cured when you get a Real Job [tm] one day and realize that most programmers are as dumb as you are (or worse ;)

[epochwolf]

Worse. Definitely worse. ;)

[S4M]

Yep, the worst douches I ever met across programmers are the one who think they are really good, while producing some really really crappy code.

[binarymax]

"Definitely my experience wasn't up to par, but they hired me anyways."

Looks like you still seem to be suffering from said syndrome :)

[newnewnew]

There's so much braggadocio in programming that it's easy to develop feelings of inadequacy for everyone. It' just not a "social problem" if you're a male victim.

[slurgfest]

To clarify, it is still a social problem for you. It just isn't an ideological cause, because you're male.