I don't know. I mean, rationally, I understand my accomplishments, and register when people compliment me. But I used to have a hard time internalizing that. It didn't feel like it was really me doing it on an emotional level... If that makes sense.

Especially earlier in my career I'd attribute nearly everything to luck. Finishing that project on schedule, getting good marks on an annual review... It made leaving my first job hard because I thought I'd caught lightning in a bottle. But with each transition I was still getting good marks from managers and peers, finishing projects on schedule, etc. I began to accept that I wasn't a fraud who got lucky and would blow it one day.

Even though all along I was able to rationally deduce it, it didn't feel intrinsic. Is that imposter's syndrome?