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 School has been back in session for a week, and I'm feeling very overwhelmed.

It's not so much the volume of work, because that's whatever. It's a lot and it's stressful, but that's what being in school is and I'm pretty used to it at this point.

Most of what's getting to me is the feeling like I'm less than my classmates; that I don't really deserve to be in these classes, that I'm not as smart or well-versed in the world of programming as my peers. I know that this is a bunch of impostor syndrome bullshit. I know that I have the appropriate skills and knowledge base to take on this material. I know that just because I find the material hard doesn't mean that I can't do it, and that I can't do it well. I know that just because I don't live and breathe programming doesn't mean I can't handle a tech career.

I just need to readjust my perspective, to focus on what I can do instead of what that one show-off, know-it-all kid can do. I'll be fine. I've worked really hard to get here, and I can totally do it.

Because I'm super great, dammit.

And you are, too.

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