People saying they have imposter syndrome to describe the accurate feeling that they don't know what they're doing at their job.

to be fair it's also in management's behaviours to make people feel as insecure as possible to "motivate" them

not a fan of that management strategy but it's naturally downstream from toxic parenting

my previous comment isn't meant to say they're actually good, which these sorts of people typically think it means

but if you have figures in your life who insult you to get outcomes out of you it will miscalibrate you to your own strengths and weaknesses, fit. in such an environment being good at something isn't valued, pleasing your masters is. a person won't develop an intrinsic sense of when they're good or bad at something because feedback systems from those you look up to will be impossible to correlate properly to your own experiences, and as consequence one will misfire about their own competency level in unpredictable ways, sometimes thinking one is top of their field but in reality being mediocre at their job (which is "good" because the confidence will con other people and get you all that sweet sweet authority) but can also result in thinking one is crap at something when you're actually very naturally talented at it

(talent =\= outcome tho. character limit and who cares)

Yes. If you really think you have impostor syndrome, then you don't have impostor syndrome.

@donkulator if you think you're crazy, you're not crazy 😁

I never had impostor syndrome regarding work