“Just to be clear, I’m not mad at anyone who has tried to reassure me by telling me I have impostor syndrome, and I recognize it as a real problem that lots of talented people struggle with.

But I am furious at a world in which women and POC are being told to be as self-confident as a group of mostly white dudes who are basically delusional megalomaniacs. We’re great the way we are, level-headed self-assessments and all. Stop rewarding *them* for being jackasses.”

— Chris Xu, Stop Blowhard Syndrome
https://www.tumblr.com/xuhulk/110549967516/stop-blowhard-syndrome

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