If you don’t feel like you’re a developer yet, don’t let them label you as one. Training to be a developer is every bit as admirable as being one.

I believe imposter syndrome is mostly self-imposed by letting (or even encouraging) people have a better perception of us than we deserve. When we admit exactly what we are, we aren’t pretending to be anything and don’t need to fear being found out.

It’s my experience that I suffer imposter syndrome when I’m actually being an imposter. Likewise, most others experiencing imposter syndrome seem to avoid admitting they aren’t who they want to be yet.

It’s possible this goes the other way. You can have fraudulent humility. But at least there’s no fear of being found to be competent.