Imposter Syndrome in the Tech Space

I started late, struggled with JS, and spent way too long shrinking into self doubt 3 years ago I didn't know what a component was. Didn't know what mount/unmount meant. Big O Notation was just letters and symbols that meant nothing to me. This year marks 3 years of coding for me. And honestly? It hasn't always felt like progress. The comparison trap HTML and CSS came naturally, I picked them up fast and felt good about it. Then JavaScript hit and everything slowed down. It's still the thing I wrestle with most to this day. What made it worse was social media. I'd open Instagram or TikTok and see developers my age shipping insane projects, explaining complex systems like it was nothing, and I'd just... shrink. That's the only word for it. I'd shrink into this shell of self doubt and start asking myself the same questions on repeat: What can I build that hasn't already been built? What separates me from every other developer? Out of 100 devs, why would anyone pick me? It wasn't hate. It