#106 Imposter syndrome with Amy Silvers & Lori Cavallucci




UX Podcast show

Summary: Many of us suffer from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome">imposter syndrome</a>. Everyone else is better than me. This was just luck. Good timing. Soon they're going to find out that I'm faking it. We talk to <a href="https://twitter.com/lwcavallucci">Lori Cavallucci</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/A_Silvers">Amy Silvers</a> to learn more about what is it and how it effects us. Why does our branch in particular seem to suffer from it? What can we do to deal with it and can it be a good thing in any way? Amy is an information architect and UX designer in the NYC. Lori is a user experience designer with a background in psychology working in Philadelphia. (Listening time: 39 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/106-imposter-syndrome-lwcavallucci-a_silvers https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/634620477579902976 References: <a href="http://2014.iasummit.org/were-not-worthy-understanding-and-escaping-imposter-syndrome/">We're not worthy: Understanding and escaping imposter syndrome</a> (IA Summit 2014 program) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l08nWn-bmI0">We're not worthy</a> - Video of Amy &amp; Lori's talk from Madison+ UX August 2014. <a href="https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-23/edition-5/feeling-fraud">Feeling like a fraud</a> - The psychology of the imposter phenomenon Featured image by <a href="https://flic.kr/p/9mvmGz">Sharyn Morrow</a> cropped to 1:1 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)