This article about Imposter Syndrome is interesting at first -- there have been specific contexts in my work career where I've identified -- but the sample questions they give don't seem to measure what I think of as Imposter Syndrome.
At times, I feel my success has been due to some kind of luck
Hasn't everyone's? It would represent an entirely different set of neuroses not to realize this, and it would be churlish not to acknowledge it.
I can give the impression that I’m more competent than I really am
That's just being a good presenter.
If I’m to receive a promotion of some kind, I hesitate to tell others until it’s an accomplished fact
That's just being a good Jew, and not counting your chickens...
Posted by Matt Bruce at February 6, 2008 09:51 AM