RunForFun

I would be curious to see if there has been any study to see which profession has the most skilled workers who think that they are "imposters". I have to admit that I fall into this category and I have been seeing increasingly more people also admitting to this in our industry. It's nice to know that others feel this way, and it's nice to see many of the encouraging comments that allude to the thought that imposter syndrome may be more a matter of perspective, rather than one of performance.

I also agree with this. When I interview them, my goal is to interview the client, and their goal is to interview me. If I am faced with too many impediments to reaching my goal, I will choose not to continue the interviewing process. Employers need to realize that the process is indeed a two way street and that they need to convince us that we should work with them as much as we need to convince them why they should want to work with us.

In 12 years and more than 10 clients I have yet to run into any developer so incompetent technically as not to be able to perform his/her job effectively. However, what I do run into are individuals who cannot conduct themselves appropriately, those who cannot work in teams, and those who overlook delivering the value for their client/employer that they were hired to deliver.

All of these individuals can code, no question. However, they are impediments to accomplishing the business goals that my teams are tasked with solving.

I find it interesting that everyone I know who has been terminated or laid off has been done so for reasons not related to technical ability, however technical ability is the majority of what's interviewed for.

I think it is much more important to hire people who can work with others and deliver the value desired, but yet this is not what most employers interview for. In my opinion, if I can get a credible recommendation that a candidate is technically competent, then I don't think spending an extra minute on technical questions is important. I would rather be sure they they are competent in all other aspects of the role.