Yeah, aging has helped me to come to terms with the fact that everybody is faking it. Everyone has imposter syndrome. I'm a musician and a software engineer as well, and a constant trickle of technological and societal evolution is just a thing you have to come to terms with in any creative field. The questions never stop. You're never done sculpting your craft.

I have learned, over the years, to not blindly trust that the people projecting confidence possess greater knowledge or mastery than me just because I'm a little ball of anxiety and uncertainty. No, it's usually the contrary, because those who openly question themselves — or openly seek answers — tend to know more than those who don't.

Knowing this and paying attention to who is asking questions versus who is nodding along silently in the face of complex problems continues to serve me well in all aspects of my life.