![[An open book with faded yellow pages is sitting on a black desk. The following quote by journalist David Carr is written in capital letters with black permanent marker on the pages “We all walk this Earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn’t end soon.”]](https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/files/2020/10/Carr-on-Imposter-Syndrome-Austin-Kleon-Flickr.jpg)
As a young scientist, not a day goes by when I don’t see the phrase “imposter syndrome” in at least a few tweets or Instagram posts written by colleagues. In recent years, imposter syndrome seems to have become commonplace in academia, particularly among students and early-career faculty. So, what exactly is imposter syndrome, and how does it arise?