I'm starting to have this same anxiety, worrying that maybe I'm not cut out for this. Anyone else experience this early in their career? What helped you gain confidence?

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Totally normal, and it’s something that goes away, then comes back, and goes away, then comes back, in cycles of “this isn’t hard at all” to “the only thing I know for sure is that I know nothing.”

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Once you’ve realized no one actually knows a thing & just uses vague consultant words

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I appreciate these comments. I was starting to think I was paranoid...and not capable of every maintaining a job.

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