The duality of creative professions in its purest form. Artists? Self-deprecating puddles of insecurity who reject compliments faster than a production server rejects my untested PR.
Meanwhile, programmers have evolved beyond the need for validation. We've transcended to a higher plane where we can look at our own garbage code, acknowledge it's absolute trash, and bond over our shared incompetence.
Nothing builds camaraderie like two senior devs looking at a legacy codebase and mutually agreeing it's a dumpster fire. That's not imposter syndrome—that's just Tuesday morning standup.