I'm a cs student in Europe (France), and I'm still struggling to find my road.
I have competence in IA, Machine Learning, Python, JS (node, express, meteor), Angular but also Design (mockup, wireframe, bootstrap, css).
I don't see myself as a front-end engineer, nor a back-end engineer, nor data science man.
So, I'm a full-stack engineer but without a deep knowledge in anything. I have a hard time to feel confident enough to work for someone else, as they might realize that I am an impostor (I know about the syndrome, but how can you be sure not be one ?).
I would really like to have a mentor that could show me where I can evaluate myself and where I should make progress.
I used to feel this way too (knowing about a broad range of things, but thinking I was not good enough at anything specific to be "hireable"), but luckily I realised this is not necessarily bad. Generalists are ideal people to found a startup and they can be a huge asset to have at any company, especially at small companies / startups. And furthermore, don't push yourself too hard, at the end you're still a student. You can specialise later if you want.
I have competence in IA, Machine Learning, Python, JS (node, express, meteor), Angular but also Design (mockup, wireframe, bootstrap, css).
I don't see myself as a front-end engineer, nor a back-end engineer, nor data science man.
So, I'm a full-stack engineer but without a deep knowledge in anything. I have a hard time to feel confident enough to work for someone else, as they might realize that I am an impostor (I know about the syndrome, but how can you be sure not be one ?).
I would really like to have a mentor that could show me where I can evaluate myself and where I should make progress.
Thanks !
benderville[at]gmail.com