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Hi All,
I am actively looking for a Switch.
I am currently working in Tech Mahindra as a Business Associate (Business Analyst) since April 2021.
Skills:
1. Requirement Gathering and Analysis.
2. BRD and FRD.
3. User Interface/ User Experience Design.
4. Data Analysis.
5. Advanced Excel.
6. Tableau Desktop.
7. SQL.
8. Adobe XD.
Any Referrals or Leads is highly appreciated.
Please DM me for any details you need.
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If they haven't fired me yet and I keep getting my bonuses/raises that must mean I'm doing something right. At least that's what I say to myself to cope....... or something along those lines.
I had that feeling when I first got into consulting. A lot of my friends didn’t get into firms and I felt like I didn’t deserve it. My recruited cohort also had really high credentials compared to me. I basically came to the conclusion that I killed it in the interview process and focused on performing as best I could and be open to criticism. And not let it make me feel bad, but instead see it as an opportunity to to grow.
I dont know if this is exactly imposter syndrome, but when I left consulting and went to industry, I was getting paid much more, working much fewer hours, and better bonuses. For the first several months I kept thinking that something was wrong. I didn't deserve this. Everyone would be logging off at 5 but I kept thinking I must be missing something cause I'm not working every night and on weekends. I kept thinking I wasn't doing enough or was doing my job wrong cause I wasn't busy enough and I was going to get fired. I was also relatively young and had fewer yoe than my colleagues at the same level, so it felt like I didn't deserve the job.
It was honestly just time. Time to get used to things and realize that this was the norm. That ppl aren't supposed to keep working 70-80 hours a week and grinding. And that thus new job, though it seemed too good to be true, was the result of years spent working myself to the bone. Talking to former coworkers from my consulting days who had also moved over to industry helped, esp cause they went through the same feelings.
I can really relate to what you’re saying here. I have great work life balance, lots of autonomy, and like someone else said on here, I keep getting raises and bonuses so I must be doing something right.. Like you, I was relatively young coming out of the grind. Still I can’t shake the feeling that I somehow don’t belong/don’t deserve being where I am..