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Finnish modesty

We Finns tend to be quite modest people. We don't keep much voice about ourself. We are such a small nation statistically we might not even exist. And if you ask a Finn, they might agree, at least about our impact and significance.

Writing positively about yourself is hard. Even more for me. Maybe because of that Finnish mentality, or mostly because who I am. I can't blame anything else. 

Impeccable imposter

It's another of these days. Need to put on my best garments to look professional expert in front of a new client. Faking as it were like this how I dress casually. 

At the same time my confidence in my technical competence shows cracks. What if they ask something I don't know? I fear I'm an imposter.

Funnily enough, these two things seem to cancel each other out. While I'm pretending to look like the expert that I am I don't worry about my actual knowledge.

Best man for the job

What follows might sound arrogant, and in a way it is. But the fact is, its the truth. I might not like to talk about it too much, or bring too much attention to myself. Sometimes I just need to remind myself how awesome I am, to actually be that good in those situations where I'm expected to shine.

This week alone I have sat in three meetings where I was The Most Knowable Technical Guy. I had to have the confidence to tell the customer what we can do and how we'll do it. And why our solution is better than everybody elses. All this while sounding credible. 

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