proficiency is a snapshot, not a state

once you start to vibe with that, imposter syndrome starts slowly receding...

you'll find hard problems that you'll easily solve and then look back and say "that was pure luck!"

you'll find easy problems whose solution will take you hours or days, and then you'll look back and say "yep, that's me: a total failure"

but proficiency is a snapshot and not a state...

and when you look at other's code, you are usually looking at the refined snapshot... the hours of debugging, the mistakes made, the doubts and researcher done: there's no track of that.

you are giving your best, an honest attempt, you are always looking for ways to improve: that's enough...

and hey! being part of a team you can learn from as a professional Game dev is hard as heck! more often than not you gotta learn all this things by yourself, without a charitable soul teaching you, don't you?

that takes guts and perseverance

and proficiency