For Bsides Wellington in New Zealand, November 2017
"Impostor syndrome, a concept describing individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud"."
• Infrastructure security at Etsy. • Opera5ons engineer at Puppet. • Two 5me sponsor of Wrong Island Con. 2 h$ps:/ /twi$er.com/skullmandible/status/411281851131523072 @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 2
"router". • Is delighted to be back here enjoying the 300/400ms latency on everything. • Has had his Instagramme stuck giving him NZ ads for the past 3 months. (if you know how to fix this, please help me!) @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 3
state of being exposed to the possibility of being a5acked or harmed, either physically or emo:onally: conserva:on authori:es have realized the vulnerability of the local popula:on @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 9
an inability to internalise their accomplishments & a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud" — clinical psychologists Dr. Pauline R. Clance & Suzanne A. Imes @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 13
Coders have bugs, ops people have well the world. There are real humans a&acking you trying to break your shit.* • There is very clear win/lose stakes. • Especially in the con scene, a lot of posturing. • DefCon sCll exists (; * Assume blue team here, I know... @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 38
that kind). • people not admi:ng they don't know something out of fear. • people burning out and leaving the industry. • Infosec not being the most diverse and inclusive industry. @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 39
wouldn't say "You're a dumbass," don't just say "You're a genius." — @candor 5 5 Blameless praise! from Slack's great ar5cle on giving feedback @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 52
to people, this is hard. • be kind to yourself, even if you're a jerk like me. • seek help if you can (friends, therapists, coworkers) @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 56
the URL to this slidedeck • Impostor Syndrome in DFIR - Sco5 Roberts fantas9c piece on the topic. • Allowed To Apply - blog on telling yourself you can do this. • How to get a promo9on • Blue Hackers - site on mental health in the tech community and how to help. @benjammingh for BsidesNZ 58