Does impostor syndrome ever "catch up" with you? (layoff and career question)

I've been in the field in 2008 but had 13 years at my most recent role growing from an IC to a leader of people. I always felt strong impostor syndrome because as many know from that time, you kinda "just did UX" and didn't educate for it the same way. Looking back the amount of "actual" deliverables I had to do was oddly light, I always sorta used collaborative and leadership to get things done. I always worked more in UX design and research, always working with real UI folks to bring things to life, I never fancied the detail of UI design, but understood it. So over time I grew in rank, but always felt like I never did anything... Of course that can't be fully true if others saw good work with me to promote me, but I always felt like "I don't do good work, but I help others do better work" My team recently was "restructured" and while I'm not scrambling due to preparations before, I find trying to pin down what to even apply for to be challenging. My time in roles sorta push me away from IC roles, but I'm not sure that I'm really a leader. My team seemed to appreciate me and others mentioned their satisfaction working with me, but I just don't know "what I really did", if that makes any sense. Did I just manage to "fake it till I made it" so far that "I didn't make it"?   submitted by   /u/fox_91 [link]   [comments]

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/userexperience/comments/1r77p93/does_impostor_syndrome_ever_catch_up_with_you/