Impostor syndrome can be a challenge for many professionals. Impostor syndrome is the feeling that you don’t belong or you’re not qualified to be in a particular space despite your demonstrated ability. You feel like a fraud even though you have various professional accomplishments. Impostor syndrome is shown to be more prevalent amongst underrepresented groups, such as women and people of color in tech.
So why is imposter syndrome more widespread amongst these groups? According to a clinical psychologist, we’re more likely to experience imposter syndrome if we don't see many examples of people succeeding in our field who look like us or share our background. Despite largely publicized efforts to increase diversity, Tech is still largely homogeneous. Statistics show 68% of tech industry employees in the U.S. are Caucasian while only 7% are Black. Furthermore, only 26% of the computing workforce are women, with Black women accounting for 3% of this workforce.
Additionally, research points to unconscious bias and prejudicial attitudes in the workplace and as being contributing factors to Imposter Syndrome. According to an Equality in Tech report, 57% of Black technologist respondents said racial inequality occurs frequently or very frequently in the tech industry. Furthermore, the report shows nearly six in 10 technologists who identify as women believe gender inequality occurs in the tech industry on a frequent or very frequent basis, nearly double the rate of technologists who identify as men (32%).
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