Imposter syndrome when changing jobs after working solo
Switching to a new role after spending years figuring things out alone in a low-expectation environment makes people doubt if their skills are actually good enough. This self-doubt leads to fear of accepting new job offers and uncertainty about what experience or qualifications to put on a resume when applying for other positions.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Pushing through imposter syndrome and taking a chance on a new role
- 2Trusting your self-taught foundations to learn and grow along the way
- 3studying for the CPA
- 4considering volunteering at a nonprofit
- 5working on the resume
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I’m scared to take it if I’m offered the role as idk if I’m good enough given that I’ve just been able to float along by figuring it out and my solutions being good enough at my current company because I’m their only option and leaderships expectations aren’t that high.”source ↗