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Dealing with Inferiority Complex as a Programmer

What is inferiority complex?
Have you felt like you don’t deserve to be in the position you are in currently, that you don’t really know what you are doing, that there are so many more people better than you that are supposed to be in the position that you currently are in? Well, this is what inferiority complex is. It makes you feel bad about your accomplishments, that you are not supposed to be where you are. This can lead to depression and just make your life and career suffer.  Formally defined, inferiority complex is an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour in compensation.
 
Dealing with this issue in the tech space
There are a lot of programmers going through this, it could be a junior programmer or a senior programmer. This feeling is, of course, terrible for the individual and can make him/her perform way less than their capability. Sometimes this can come up because they take too long to understand something that can take another about half the time they use to understand a new concept. It may be that they google problems a lot and they feel like they are not supposed to be googling. “I’m supposed to know this, why do I keep forgetting”. Well, we are not computers, we work with computers, yes but we are not them. Each person is different, you have to know yourself and know what you are capable of. Sometimes inferiority complex can be caused directly by an external force, for example, a boss, or a senior developer who puts you down day after day. If I was to give you advice, you should leave that environment because that is poisonous to your mind. Coming back to the subheading.

  1. Leave poisonous environments
  2. Don’t be afraid to Google stuff(everyone googles)
  3. Know yourself(know how you learn and what you are capable of)
  4. Know that everyone has gone through things and what you see on social media is not always the real thing. You only see your struggles.

 

Written by Ebube Okocha

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