Ananya Iyer ·
Feeling out of your depth in the first year is close to universal
Including among the people who look entirely comfortable.
The useful version of that feeling is that it keeps you asking questions. The damaging version is when it stops you contributing at all. If you can tell the difference in yourself, you are already handling it better than most.
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