Impostor Impostor Syndrome?

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I've noticed recently that everyone seems to be humble-bragging about impostor syndrome. So many people, in fact, that I have difficulty believing it!

Is there such a thing as "impostor impostor syndrome?" DDG fails me when searching for it.

Even my go-to pop psych site offers nothing:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/imposter-syndrome

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IMHO imposter syndrome is in part simply being humble - and there are apparently still far too many people far from humble-bragging who haven't even tried humility on for size...

I've swung between Dunning–Kruger[0] and impostor syndrome all throughout my career. Impostor syndrome is only damaging if you lose money for the company. Same with Dunning–Kruger.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

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