I got my dream job as a web developer for a great company. It took me way too long to move from where I was. Assuming everything turns out okay, I start on May 12th.
And I've got cold feet. And a crisis of confidence.
This job is going to be a good distance away from my social network (well, what little I have, lol). For the first time in my life, I'm going to be living alone. I've always had roommates or lived with family, even if I had a part of the house cut off and completely to myself. It doesn't sound like a big deal. . . until you learn I'm paranoid about coming home to an empty place!
Not only that, I'm not 100% sure I can do the job. I'm fresh-faced, so I'm not going to be asked to rewrite an entire enterprise-y website, but I'm still terrified. The reason is I've done pretty badly so far. I know people with my level of experience who can do amazing things and I'm just over here, saying, "let me research Google for a couple hours before I get back to you."
It's not even the Imposter Syndrome. It's reality.
Any words of encouragement, advice, etc?
And I've got cold feet. And a crisis of confidence.
This job is going to be a good distance away from my social network (well, what little I have, lol). For the first time in my life, I'm going to be living alone. I've always had roommates or lived with family, even if I had a part of the house cut off and completely to myself. It doesn't sound like a big deal. . . until you learn I'm paranoid about coming home to an empty place!
Not only that, I'm not 100% sure I can do the job. I'm fresh-faced, so I'm not going to be asked to rewrite an entire enterprise-y website, but I'm still terrified. The reason is I've done pretty badly so far. I know people with my level of experience who can do amazing things and I'm just over here, saying, "let me research Google for a couple hours before I get back to you."
It's not even the Imposter Syndrome. It's reality.
Any words of encouragement, advice, etc?
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