🔗 Impostor syndrome – maybe i’m not good enough?

After more than 9 years working with Laravel—leading a dev team and architecting solutions—I still sometimes feel like I’m not doing enough. Not because I lack technical skills—I’m confident in my ability to solve problems, build scalable apps, and ship clean code—but because I often feel like I’m falling behind.

The tech world moves fast, and with new tools, frameworks, and “must-know” trends popping up constantly, it’s easy to feel like you’re not keeping up. Add two kids and limited time, and that creeping feeling of impostor syndrome starts to grow—even when, deep down, I know I’ve built a solid career.

Quite often I catch myself thinking, “Maybe I’m not good enough.”

The truth is, I haven’t had the time to learn or try the new things I want to.

• Expand my toolkit with skills like React and Go.
• My AWS certification study? On hold.
• That side product idea I’ve been carrying for years? Still on the shelf.
• And marketing myself—being visible in the Laravel community—has always taken a backseat.

That’s the heart of impostor syndrome: believing you’re a fraud even though you’ve already proven yourself.

Balancing work, family, and life means priorities shift—and that doesn’t make your skills any less real. Recognizing this helps me (and maybe you) realize that small steps—one tweet, one blog post, one honest conversation—can chip away at that doubt and remind us how much we’ve actually earned.

If you’ve faced similar feelings or have strategies to combat impostor syndrome, I’d love to hear your thoughts.