Manivannan Selvaraj

As engineers grow in their careers, many of us try to support our teams by writing more code, reviewing every pull request, and stepping in to fix the hardest problems.

Last year at EuroPython, I gave a talk about leading with imposter syndrome, because let’s be honest, most of us feel like imposters when someone calls us “experts.” This year, I’m diving into something that helped me fight those feelings - mentoring both ways!

I, an undercover Imposter Syndrome sufferer, masquerade as a Staff Software Engineer amid an army of coding geniuses. Imagine you're playing a video game where you're pretending to be a powerful leader, but deep down, you're convinced you're not really good enough.