Episode 26: Impostor syndrome is real, and common. Here's what you can do about it.
Description
Academia is populated with over-achievers competing for scarce resources and reviewing and critiquing each other. It's a recipe for toxic culture.
It also means that too many PhDs feel like they're not good enough, that they lack worth and value. We're also hesitant to ask for help or admit we don't know, because not knowing is an invitation for another academic to be cruel or unkind.
But we have to overcome our sense of impostor syndrome in order to be successful in landing a nonacademic job. We have to admit we need help, and that we don't know what we don't know. We also have to trust that people will help us.
In this episode, Maren talks about ways you can overcome impostor syndrome and approach your job search with curiosity and openness.
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