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From Imposter Syndrome to Inner Strength
My Confidence Journey as a Woman in Tech
Lately, I keep thinking about confidence; When I look back at my education, career, and life in general, I find it difficult to put my finger on the specific moment when I was 100% confident in it.
Every time I speak with a female friend, they share a similar experience, which made me wonder why. A few days ago, I listened to a about how young female students, as they get older, get lower Math exam marks than their male peers.
During the podcast, they pointed out an interesting subject that women usually do great when they are younger, but what changes when they get older? And that is nothing but “confidence”.
However, I think confidence comes in different shapes and definitions, but I found it fascinating that most women are not very confident in what they are doing.
In my personal experience, back in my University era, I was feeling unsure about my coding skills, I was overlooking and overthinking the problems, which sometimes could be easily solved with a simple semicolon.
Compared to my male peers, I always felt some sort of fear, fear of making a mistake, that my male friends never doubted themselves. They were never scared of making a mistake.
