Is It Really Imposter Syndrome—Or Are You Actually in Over Your Head?

How to know if the voice of doubt is lying—or telling you something you need to hear.

Let’s start with this:

You’ve just taken a new role. Maybe it’s your first time as a tech lead. Or maybe you’ve stepped into a staff-level position on a system you barely touched before.

You thought it’d feel like a natural next step.
But three weeks in, your confidence is thinning.

You find yourself avoiding architecture meetings because you’re not sure wh…