This take on the imposter strikes me as more male than female. All humans experience the voice of the imposter, but the vulnerability the imposter preys upon is more a socialization of women feeling never enough. I am guessing from this article men are experiencing it from a lack of knowing truth? Interesting spin.
I take pride in not putting up my degrees in my office. The don't define me and never will. They were/are a necessary evil in my field, but having them up has always seemed silly and performative. Credentialism and the appeal to authority it creates is equally as silly. As we saw during the illuminating years of C19, the credentialed, most of them, were wrong or too morally weak to say no. TYVM for posting this, VD.
Despite being a college dropout, I've successfully built a consulting business in a highly licensed sector where credentials mean everything. Received licenses in 3 states, w/out having a degree. Highly unusual. But..my # of hours in each area of criteria far exceeded requirements and passed the written exams. Its an area of consulting known for a high probability of failure unless you curry favor /connections with the " right" groupss and folk. Yet , Ive succeeded with no help from anyone. Never joined the organizations that all the movers & shakers join, never sucked up to the non profits or politically connected.
B/c of this never received awards, accolades etc..from industry peers. Also never got work from any of these groups/people either. Couldn't care less.
My approach was to target a subset of customers who were being ignored and providing high quality of service to them. This has enabled me to create a good living with lots of freedom and high quality of life. Also...work that provides meaning & personal satisfaction.
Most award ceremonies are giant circle jerks filled with 2nd handers back slapping each other.
No thanks, Ill take the personal satisfaction of building a business on my own merit & skills. 20 yrs in business and still going strong !
I suspect the manager of this McDonald's suffers from Imposter Syndrome:
Powell Man Banned From McDonald's After Driving Horses, Wagon Through Drive-Thru
Powell resident Allen Hatch was banned from McDonald's earlier this week for driving his draft horses and wagon through the drive-thru. Although employees were excited to see them, the manager reportedly was not. “We've been 86ed from McDonald's,” he said.
...
“There's a company policy precluding having livestock in the drive through for purposes of liability,” Hatch said. “The one thing that she did was very clear about is what happens if they ‘shit in my drive through, and there's no one to clean it up.’”
A technology systems professor once told me that to truly understand something you must be able to explain it simultaneously in verbal, graphical and mathematical terms. He assumed empirical anchoring, which unfortunately sophists and charlatans avoid.
He armed me against the pseudoscience that hides behind credentials, and which Vox obliterates because he’s not afraid of where Triveritas leads, because all that matters is what’s true objectively.
At least there is an element of self-doubt that is absent from the midwit redditor. Perhaps the self-doubters could see the light if there wasn't such an industry built on reassuring those with fragile egos that they are indeed worthy of whatever they were accredited with in the first place.
The way credentialism destroys everything is seen in the profession of journalism. Since journalism became a credentialed profession it lost all concern for truth. There are of course exceptions to that observation.
A publisher who claims to exist solely for the purpose of publishing books like mine told me in a rejection letter that (exact quote) "publishing is not a meritocracy."
He didn't read the book, the rejection arrived less than 15 minutes after the submission.
Vox, would you say that the constant CV polishing merry-go-round of modern hiring practice conditions people early to this kind of thing? I got my first three jobs by showing up and saying "I am smart, I figure things out, learn fast, and work hard."
Nowadays it's a marketing degree in it's own right to build a corporate CV ...
Hell yeah. Chasing prizes and credentials instead of straight-up truth is exactly why imposter syndrome hits so hard.
Been re-reading Hypergamouse and cracking up at things like Cate’s speed-dating line about not wanting to be a kitchen slave. That whole comic is so on the nose, man. Lacey’s art kills it. Makes all the messy relationship stuff feel super real without trying to be polite.
Got me thinking while I’m working on my own comics about the difference between a publishing house full of Cates versus even one single Dag. The Cates would pump out stuff that gets you properly indoctrinated into obeying our new robot overlords with plenty of lube to ease the friction of top-down totalitarianism. At least you’d be aroused while getting detained in a Walmart concentration camp.
But books from a Dag would finally let you question the whole Enlightenment scam and see how wrong it all is. I was stoked to hear you mention writing that book. Can’t wait for it.
The lives of men like John Snow, Georg Ohm, and Oliver Heaviside attest to the general hostility that the credentialed class has toward the truth. All three discovered something significant in their field, and were sidelined because their thinking was not in step with the credentialed authorities at the time. But this hostility is not new; it is as old as the human condition. There have always been those who would pursue credentials for the sake of status instead of truth, and who wind up going to war with real truth-seekers to defend their pet philosophies and their sinecures. Clown World's only innovation in this respect was the additional consensus-pressure that could be achieved by getting the women involved.
Yep. I've been reading biography "The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside", and Oliver Heavisides' 3 volume work on Electromagnetics* (much originally published as articles in a telegraphy periodical which the publisher himself said he didn't understand, but published anyways because "[he] knew it was important."
Meanwhile, the head of the telegraph company he worked for (and soon afterwards, made to be the head of the British telegraph system when it was all taken over by the British Post Office, absolutely despised O.H., for "wasting company time" on "stupid experiments", and run out of the company despite the fact that he was tackling and solving telegraph transmission problems that nobody else even guessed at how to begin).
While not using any names, he takes unmistakable shots at this socially connected idiot who had been placed in charge of what, at the time was THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTOR of the era, as that individual was placed in charge of ALL of the telegraph systems when the British government nationalized the telegraph companies and made them part of the post office.
Not merely telegraphy, EVERYTHING in the modern world relies on Heaviside's work on transmission lines --
efficient delivery of electrical power that doesn't overheat the generators, telephone lines that can deliver intelligible speech more than a few miles (with or without amplification), radio transmission and receiver antennas, computer network cables and interfaces. ALL of it depends on Heaviside. Even Tesla's most two most influential devices -- the AC motor and radio communications, are all dependent on Heaviside for them to be useful everywhere, and for designers to be able to design a radio communication device that actually sends and receive not just at close range, but at long distances with optimal efficiency.
This take on the imposter strikes me as more male than female. All humans experience the voice of the imposter, but the vulnerability the imposter preys upon is more a socialization of women feeling never enough. I am guessing from this article men are experiencing it from a lack of knowing truth? Interesting spin.
I take pride in not putting up my degrees in my office. The don't define me and never will. They were/are a necessary evil in my field, but having them up has always seemed silly and performative. Credentialism and the appeal to authority it creates is equally as silly. As we saw during the illuminating years of C19, the credentialed, most of them, were wrong or too morally weak to say no. TYVM for posting this, VD.
|> The people chasing lollipops and fancy pants
What a delightful phrase!
Coined by Big Bear, the OBS.
Despite being a college dropout, I've successfully built a consulting business in a highly licensed sector where credentials mean everything. Received licenses in 3 states, w/out having a degree. Highly unusual. But..my # of hours in each area of criteria far exceeded requirements and passed the written exams. Its an area of consulting known for a high probability of failure unless you curry favor /connections with the " right" groupss and folk. Yet , Ive succeeded with no help from anyone. Never joined the organizations that all the movers & shakers join, never sucked up to the non profits or politically connected.
B/c of this never received awards, accolades etc..from industry peers. Also never got work from any of these groups/people either. Couldn't care less.
My approach was to target a subset of customers who were being ignored and providing high quality of service to them. This has enabled me to create a good living with lots of freedom and high quality of life. Also...work that provides meaning & personal satisfaction.
Most award ceremonies are giant circle jerks filled with 2nd handers back slapping each other.
No thanks, Ill take the personal satisfaction of building a business on my own merit & skills. 20 yrs in business and still going strong !
I suspect the manager of this McDonald's suffers from Imposter Syndrome:
Powell Man Banned From McDonald's After Driving Horses, Wagon Through Drive-Thru
Powell resident Allen Hatch was banned from McDonald's earlier this week for driving his draft horses and wagon through the drive-thru. Although employees were excited to see them, the manager reportedly was not. “We've been 86ed from McDonald's,” he said.
...
“There's a company policy precluding having livestock in the drive through for purposes of liability,” Hatch said. “The one thing that she did was very clear about is what happens if they ‘shit in my drive through, and there's no one to clean it up.’”
A technology systems professor once told me that to truly understand something you must be able to explain it simultaneously in verbal, graphical and mathematical terms. He assumed empirical anchoring, which unfortunately sophists and charlatans avoid.
He armed me against the pseudoscience that hides behind credentials, and which Vox obliterates because he’s not afraid of where Triveritas leads, because all that matters is what’s true objectively.
You will know them by their fruits, if what they say and produce is shit then take a guess
At least there is an element of self-doubt that is absent from the midwit redditor. Perhaps the self-doubters could see the light if there wasn't such an industry built on reassuring those with fragile egos that they are indeed worthy of whatever they were accredited with in the first place.
Benching 275 on incline is definitely optimizing for truth
The credentialed fear the confident and censor them or cast them out.
Very true.
The way credentialism destroys everything is seen in the profession of journalism. Since journalism became a credentialed profession it lost all concern for truth. There are of course exceptions to that observation.
A publisher who claims to exist solely for the purpose of publishing books like mine told me in a rejection letter that (exact quote) "publishing is not a meritocracy."
He didn't read the book, the rejection arrived less than 15 minutes after the submission.
Vox, would you say that the constant CV polishing merry-go-round of modern hiring practice conditions people early to this kind of thing? I got my first three jobs by showing up and saying "I am smart, I figure things out, learn fast, and work hard."
Nowadays it's a marketing degree in it's own right to build a corporate CV ...
Zoomers: "ChatGPT....generate resume.!!"
Hell yeah. Chasing prizes and credentials instead of straight-up truth is exactly why imposter syndrome hits so hard.
Been re-reading Hypergamouse and cracking up at things like Cate’s speed-dating line about not wanting to be a kitchen slave. That whole comic is so on the nose, man. Lacey’s art kills it. Makes all the messy relationship stuff feel super real without trying to be polite.
Got me thinking while I’m working on my own comics about the difference between a publishing house full of Cates versus even one single Dag. The Cates would pump out stuff that gets you properly indoctrinated into obeying our new robot overlords with plenty of lube to ease the friction of top-down totalitarianism. At least you’d be aroused while getting detained in a Walmart concentration camp.
But books from a Dag would finally let you question the whole Enlightenment scam and see how wrong it all is. I was stoked to hear you mention writing that book. Can’t wait for it.
Would some Hypergamouse fanart be cool?
"But how could I not be a bird, look at all my feathers?"
Above all else, the raccoon wondered only two things, how did the hedgehog get so many feathers and why did he think he cared?
This site and Vox Popoli have more wisdom per word than you'll find anywhere else.
The lives of men like John Snow, Georg Ohm, and Oliver Heaviside attest to the general hostility that the credentialed class has toward the truth. All three discovered something significant in their field, and were sidelined because their thinking was not in step with the credentialed authorities at the time. But this hostility is not new; it is as old as the human condition. There have always been those who would pursue credentials for the sake of status instead of truth, and who wind up going to war with real truth-seekers to defend their pet philosophies and their sinecures. Clown World's only innovation in this respect was the additional consensus-pressure that could be achieved by getting the women involved.
Yep. I've been reading biography "The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside", and Oliver Heavisides' 3 volume work on Electromagnetics* (much originally published as articles in a telegraphy periodical which the publisher himself said he didn't understand, but published anyways because "[he] knew it was important."
Meanwhile, the head of the telegraph company he worked for (and soon afterwards, made to be the head of the British telegraph system when it was all taken over by the British Post Office, absolutely despised O.H., for "wasting company time" on "stupid experiments", and run out of the company despite the fact that he was tackling and solving telegraph transmission problems that nobody else even guessed at how to begin).
While not using any names, he takes unmistakable shots at this socially connected idiot who had been placed in charge of what, at the time was THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTOR of the era, as that individual was placed in charge of ALL of the telegraph systems when the British government nationalized the telegraph companies and made them part of the post office.
Not merely telegraphy, EVERYTHING in the modern world relies on Heaviside's work on transmission lines --
efficient delivery of electrical power that doesn't overheat the generators, telephone lines that can deliver intelligible speech more than a few miles (with or without amplification), radio transmission and receiver antennas, computer network cables and interfaces. ALL of it depends on Heaviside. Even Tesla's most two most influential devices -- the AC motor and radio communications, are all dependent on Heaviside for them to be useful everywhere, and for designers to be able to design a radio communication device that actually sends and receive not just at close range, but at long distances with optimal efficiency.
If you are not already subscribed you'd appreciate Hans Schantz and his substack. You can find his fiction starting with The Hidden Truth.