id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt adainitiative-org-7825 Impostor Syndrome training | Ada Initiative .html text/html 511 48 69 Impostor Syndrome training | Ada Initiative It is prevalent among women in open tech/culture, many of whom have been socialised to value other's opinion of their work above their own, and to do things "by the book." Impostor syndrome is a common reaction to doing publicly visible and publicly criticised work like that done in open technology and culture. The Ada Initiative has several resources to address Impostor Syndrome: We ran several in-person training sessions on how to overcome Impostor Syndrome, including at all seven AdaCamps. Guide to fighting impostor syndrome Guide to fighting impostor syndrome Ada Initiative advisor Leigh Honeywell created a values exercise to combat Impostor Syndrome, which we used at AdaCamp San Francisco. Dreamwidth co-founder Denise Paolucci wrote a talk on Overcoming Impostor Syndrome, presented at several conferences. Denise's talk has great strategies for both sufferers of impostor syndrome and for allies and leaders to help people realistically judge their own work and to seek help and support when they need it. ./cache/adainitiative-org-7825.html ./txt/adainitiative-org-7825.txt