Anecdotally, the biggest piece of advice when I mentor friends in the earlier stages of their career is to fake it till they make it, as no one has the answers to anything and in this field everything is learnable given enough time and research.
Surely enough, men seem to take the advice to heart much more, with women questioning their abilities and feeling something morally off about the advice.
I have no suggestions on how this gets fixed; there's evidently something wrong in hiring when young people need to "fake" their credentials and still do very well while people who to try to be honest and humble but of objectively similar performance get rejected.
Hiring and performance in our field is still very much in the pre-science stage where we mostly do with ancient incantations and magical beliefs and vibes.
Surely enough, men seem to take the advice to heart much more, with women questioning their abilities and feeling something morally off about the advice.
I have no suggestions on how this gets fixed; there's evidently something wrong in hiring when young people need to "fake" their credentials and still do very well while people who to try to be honest and humble but of objectively similar performance get rejected.
Hiring and performance in our field is still very much in the pre-science stage where we mostly do with ancient incantations and magical beliefs and vibes.