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Who Has a Positive Opinion of You?

dev.to staff on September 11, 2023

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๐š‚๐šŠ๐šž๐š›๐šŠ๐š‹๐š‘ ๐š๐šŠ๐š’ โ€ข

My Mom ๐Ÿ’–

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Dumebi Okolo โ€ข

So sweet.

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Jean-Michel ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Fayard โ€ข โ€ข Edited

Who Has a Positive Opinion of You as a Dev?

Myself should be your go-to answer here.

You already are a real developer if you like this job enough that you are willing to continue to practice and improve

Imposter syndrome is a lying bitch.
Self-love and self-compassion are far more effective.

Now unfortunately imposter syndrome is really widespread among devs, with no correlation whatsover with their actual level.
So when your co-worker do something cool, remember to tell him so explicitly.
External validation may mean the world for her.

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Retiago Drago โ€ข

The last line reminds me of this screenshot I took from a website.

self-esteem is an inside job

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Jean-Michel ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Fayard โ€ข

That's right, and the most important thing is to realize you don't need to do anything in particular to become worthy, you already are, it's your birth right.

Imagine a little baby smiling and you will understand why.

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Dumebi Okolo โ€ข

My partner. ๐Ÿ˜Š
The most supportive person ever!

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Retiago Drago โ€ข

It is surprisingly simple but hard question for me. Why? It is because I've already spent almost 2 years after my graduation working and learning as coder and the person who can think about me as a coder holistically is just me. I would not just think the highly of me but also the lowly of me. I don't think my college friend would catch up with I've been doing these past 2 years and just recall where I was from the last 2 years ago. Do you know what I'm saying? ๐Ÿฅบ

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Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli โ€ข

Me, but only after I succeed at my assigned task. Up until that point I am the worst dev to ever walk the planet.

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Dumebi Okolo โ€ข

Be easy on yourself. Remember that there are people you don't even know who are rooting for you. โค๏ธ

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Dumebi Okolo โ€ข

Thank you so much. โค๏ธ