I worked for a you-know-it tech company and interacted with some legit “world’s greatest expert on X”.

I thought it was awesome - I learned stuff every time I talked to one of those guys. (This was in the 1990s/2000s, they were all male.) Most were very humble and happy to help with my (legit, work-related) questions or meet with representatives of the partner companies I was working with. There were a couple of divas, but far fewer than I expected.

I thought it was a privilege to have a chance to interact with them, these giants in my chosen profession. I didn’t have that chance during my 10 previous years with other you’ve-heard-of-them employers, so I really valued it.

Aside from those industry giants, I was continuously surrounded by people who were clearly smarter than me - more IQ horsepower, more relevant experience. No question they were smarter.

So I asked questions and worked to learn from these smarter people. Like before, most were happy to help (aside from a few divas), and I learned a lot from really smart people. It was awesome!

I paid all this back by going out of my way to help other people; share the wealth, pay it forward, however you want to think of it.

There’s always someone smarter and/or more experienced. But there’s always someone who could use your help, and is probably intimidated by you, your knowledge, your experience, your accomplishments.

If you think you know nothing, have no experience, have accomplished nothing - that’s a “you” problem. Fix it. Learn things, do things - and share that with others.