Every Website Designer Feels Like a Fraud Sometimes. Here's What To Do About It

Imposter syndrome doesn’t care how good you are. It shows up anyway — making you hesitate before you send a contract, stumble over your words on a call, or scroll past someone else’s work and quietly wonder if you’re good enough.

In this episode of Websites Made Simple, Holly Christie gets honest about imposter syndrome in web design. Why it hits so hard in a self-taught industry. Why tech shaming on LinkedIn makes it worse. And what you can actually do to push through it, level up, and stop letting self-doubt quietly run your business.

We talk about:

Why imposter syndrome affects experienced and award-winning designers too
The problem with tech shaming (and why the tool you use doesn’t define your worth)
Why there’s a seat at the table for every web designer
How to stay in your lane and focus on your own growth
What to do when your processes feel messy or your designs feel stale
How to push outside your comfort zone and keep developing
Why you’re probably doing much better than you think

Chapters:

00:00 Imposter syndrome — it comes for all of us

04:28 When LinkedIn chips away at your confidence

07:35 Stay in your lane and look forward

08:20 Tighten up your processes and onboarding

09:30 What to do when your designs feel stale

10:45 Pushing outside your comfort zone

12:05 You’re doing better than you think

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