Navigating imposter syndrome in interdisciplinary work like bioengineering
I work as a travel agent, but my personal interests have always pulled me toward fields like augmented reality art and biomedical engineering. Lately, I’ve been diving into bioengineering communities and resources, and something that keeps coming up is this feeling of never quite being an expert in any one area. When your work or interest spans biology, engineering, medicine, and sometimes even design or ethics, how do you handle that sense of being spread too thin?
I’m curious how others in similar interdisciplinary spaces experience this. Do you find yourself comparing your depth in one domain to someone who’s specialized, and then feeling like you don’t measure up? Or maybe there are strategies you’ve found to reframe that “jack of all trades” feeling into a strength, especially when fields are evolving so quickly. How do you build confidence when you’re constantly learning and crossing boundaries?