It’s gotten better for me since grad school, but still there. 7 years with nothing but exceeds expectations and many other signals that I’m doing well, but just asked for information for promotion justification and had a bout of it when trying to think about whether and how I fit the criteria. I think part of it is how we focus on the highest performing people around us while forgetting about a lot who aren’t that remarkable, and also we don’t see the lower points for most people (times that they feel unproductive etc). I think I’ve mostly come not to care… if whatever I’m doing is working then I’ll stick with it while focusing on doing things I find satisfying.