GuilhermeMReis

Title: Got hired for my first Junior Software Developer role with a high paying salary and I feel like an imposter First of all, congratulations on your new role! That’s a pretty big achievement! Your feeling has a name: The imposter syndrome! Which is defined as **doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud** It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments. A Very common feeling with developers to be honest, my recommend in this situation would be: 1. Stop comparing yourself to others. Stay focused and work hard. You’re probably looking around you and thinking: Wow! How good these guys are. Be confident in your ability to learn quick and deliver what you know! 2. Continue to be the person you’re There is a reason why you were hired! They definitely have seen your huge potential to help their company. Now, is just a matter of you start see the same thing in yourself. 3. Find a senior person that you can leverage as a mentor Having someone above you, to share all that experience, is definitely a game changer! Although there isn’t a shortcut to take, you can still make good choices. That will improve your career path! 4. You will never feel 100% confident in any role you apply. Being a software developer is being a forever student. There always will be new technologies to challenge ourselves. You just need to be confident at your ability to up-skill yourself whenever the time comes. If you’re in the same situation, keep strong! Continue to believe in yourself! Join my discord to meet more people like you. Have a good one!

Being successful takes courage, time and a lot of effort! If you’re thinking to move out of your comfort zone and learn a new skill, then I’ve got you! Because there is nothing worst then knowing how capable you’re and still being stuck in a job that doesn’t value your skills. I known exactly how that feels, I’ve been there before. 5 years ago I’ve decided to move from Brazil to the UK, without any money or even knowing how to speak English properly. Today, I run my own consultancy company as a Cloud Software Engineer in the financial services space and I’ll teach you in 5 steps, how can you do the same! Step 1: Kill all your limiting beliefs! 
Thoughts like “I’m not good enough or I’m not smart enough” are the limiting beliefs that will make you stop this journey! 
You’ve got to sort that out first! You want to make sure that you will be dropping all your energy into this learning! Step 2: Learn a programming language! Don’t lose your time! Learn Javascript! With Javascript you can build anything! From websites to mobile apps or even games PLUS is the most wanted language in the market! Step 3: Take courses. You don’t have to go to UNI to learn how to code. Besides the fact that, no employer give a shit about it. Take courses every day, every week for the next 6 months! Step 4: Build your own project. Building your own project is one of the most successful ways to learn how to code. That’s because it will increase in complexity, forcing you to learn more stuff that you haven’t seen before. 

So, pick anything that is in your interest, something that will make you be awake for the entire night to finish!

Something that you can’t stop thinking about it!

Step 5: Get into your first Junior job If you completed all the previous steps, you should be confident enough to get into your first Junior job. It might take a couple of months or more than that. But always remember the Step 1! If you would like to more have help in your journey and meet more people like you, join my discord, the link in my bio.

Stay strong and have a good one!