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Becoming a Standout Developer, with Randall Kanna

The Scrimba Podcast

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The Imposter Syndrome of Advocating for Yourself

When you're a junior dad applying to a company, you feel grateful. It makes it hard to advocate for yourself whether that's to do with a position or compensation. Sometimes I don't value myself still and I go into something with less than what I deserve. That has happened to me many times over the last seven years. But I always try to go back to that feeling of, hey, I am valuable. I am a valuable employee. So I should be worth at least what other people are making."I felt exactly the same way when I started out," he says.

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