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title: "Comment by Dimityr Dimitrov on \"How I Manage Impostor Syndrome, Fear of Failure, and Other Common Programmer Problems\" | Hashnode"
description: "Great article! "Working 80 hour weeks while maintaining 16 open source repositories might make a person's career skyrocket, but at what cost..." F"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-manage-impostor-syndrome-fear-of-failure-and-other-common-programmer-problems/5f92ce95c626a0545fb62357)

Comment [How I Manage Impostor Syndrome, Fear of Failure, and Other Common Programmer Problems](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-manage-impostor-syndrome-fear-of-failure-and-other-common-programmer-problems/5f92ce95c626a0545fb62357)

[Dimityr Dimitrov](https://hashnode.com/@DevTalker)

[Oct 24, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-manage-impostor-syndrome-fear-of-failure-and-other-common-programmer-problems/5f92ce95c626a0545fb62357/comment/5f944d0b40346172a86c1afe)

Great article!

"Working 80 hour weeks while maintaining 16 open source repositories might make a person's career skyrocket, but at what cost..."

For me the cost was a constant panic attacks and very painful recovery.

You can not know everything and you do not need to. This is a marathon not a sprint.

BR, [DevTalker](https://ddimitrov.dev/)

[Vitor Paladini](https://hashnode.com/@vtrpldn)

[Oct 24, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-manage-impostor-syndrome-fear-of-failure-and-other-common-programmer-problems/5f92ce95c626a0545fb62357/comment/5f944d0b40346172a86c1afe#reply-5f945653fbdce372c9a57090)

Thanks for the feedback, Dimityr.

I've also been to a similar scenario and agree that no amount of progress is worth if your mental health gets wrecked.

Unfortunately, we work in an industry that romanticizes that kind of behavior with the said "10x developers" and productivity fads.