This is something I’ve always struggled with.

To give some context, I was diagnosed with ADHD after I started my career in programming, but it enlightened my struggles and all finally started to make sense.

Ive been a professional software engineer for a bit more than 8 years now, and I think I should believe in myself by now.

I mean, it kinda made sense to have an imposter syndrome at the beginning as I was pivoting from Finance which I had studied to this engineering field that was more of a hobby at first.

But now that Ive proven to myself that I can do that job and that what I do is useful to my coworkers, peers and clients (sometimes 😂), why do I keep having this little voice in my head that tells me that I’m a failure and that if I don’t overprepare my tasks/interviews I will fail miserably and be uncovered as an impostor?

I’m medicated for ADHD and have been for the past 5 years, and clearly, it’s been a life changer. In my daily job, my focus is much more manageable that it was previously, so this should also contribute to make me feel good about myself.

I do you guys handle that feeling? Did you manage to build self confidence? What’s the trick?