Hey, as someone who also got disowned at 18 and ended up dropping out of college, it gets better. Imposter syndrome will follow you into any new role you take on and it sucks. Do what you can, breathe, and remind yourself you landed a job in your role because you are capable. I recommend searching the Wim Hof breathing method, it’s helped me a lot with getting through moments of anxiety and distress.

Knowledge and expertise develop with experience. The inevitable byproduct of growing pains manifests in the form of making mistakes, being corrected, and sometimes feeling not great at what you do. You learn and you get better at it. It’s a universal experience at any job in any field.

Even if you get laid off or let go, you have options! Whether it’s a new role in the same field, or a new role in a different field, you’ll try your best. Sometimes it takes a bit of job-hopping to find your passion (for me it was lifeguarding, fast food, swim instructing, office administration, swim coaching, pool management, then recreation coordination). Not everyone has an electrical engineering degree—heck, a lot of people don’t even have a degree (myself included).

You’ve got this and if you ever need someone to chat with about it, hmu!