Sept. 23, 2020, 9 a.m.

Context Syndrome

Known Unknowns

Starting a new job should never fill you with such anxiety that you start to get imposter syndrome.

With all the new code, environments, clients and TLAs that are second nature to those who have been on the team a while already, you can’t expect to step in and feel like you know what you’re doing.

It’s not competence you’re missing, it’s context.

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