A year into my first engineering job, and I still feel totally lost. I'm usually silent in meetings since I'm the only person under 50, often the only woman, and the discussions are too fast for me to follow. Is this normal imposter syndrome, or am I just not catching on?

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How are you getting on with the day-to-day work? People doing the job for 20 or 30 years tend to have their own language.

It could be a combination of both, and I would say that's pretty normal. It took me a couple of years before I started feeling comfortable enough sharing ideas rather than just focusing on getting my work done well.

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