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It sounds like you are suffering from discouragement, not imposter syndrome. You have to realize that, when starting out, you’ll have to get rejected a hundred times before landing a job. In fact, even highly skilled, very experienced people are getting dozens, possibly hundreds, of rejections. It’s just the way it is. After you are massively successful, when you are earning hundreds of thousands a year, then you might feel actual imposter syndrome.

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