Imposter syndrome go brrrrr
Imposter syndrome go brrrrr
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/31225630
I have approximate knowledge of many rules
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Through work experience ive come to understand that most normal people actually also only have surface knowledge of their supposedly specialist field, or it is so narrow and oddly specific that it doesn't apply for real world scenarios. The difference being they are not aware of their own lack of knowledge and cannot believe that there are things they don't actually know or need to learn in order to get better at what they do. There are far between actually good specialist who understands their own limitations.
People with ADHD I know are much more aware of their own lack of knowledge and will do absolutely everything to gather ALL the knowledge they can and use that surface knowledge they have on a million topics to find applicable places to dive further into. However controling the brain about what's "applicable" is the issue far an ADHD brain and where we need help to sort the gold from the noise. But it is an invaluable skill to have that curiosity and creativity and knowledge of a million things, it's just about how you use it.
An expert knows more and more about less and less until he or she knows everything about nothing. - Nicholas Butler
A wonderfully succinct explanation of why I decided - whilst still at university - that academia was not the path for me...
For me it was how unlikely it was to have a decent life. It felt more like the odds of someone trying to become an actor. small chance of goal, high chance of barely scraping by.
Starting to think it isn't for me either.