Being Underestimated

I talk about all the times I was underestimated...by teachers, by schoolmates, by work colleagues. It feels like the opposite of impostor syndrome.
Video I reference:
Impostor Syndrome: • Impostor Syndrome

[@Chedring]

This Timmy guy seems promising. Hope he gets into game development someday.

[@tejon5989]

Agreed

[@bratttn]

Timmy!

[@concord5859]

😄I see big things for his future.

[@aidenrogers1468]

I wish he'd make an Arcanum 2, It was such a good game

[@timmygilbert4102]

That's my name 😢

[@colbymclemore7642]

I love when Tim gets a little sassy.

[@stevetrop]

Sassy Tim is the best Tim.

[@zb3485]

just imagine how many people gave up on their dreams because of what others told them - we only get to see the ones that pushed through

[@febbeedraws2285]

This is so true, so much potential shut down by the expectations of others :(

[@bp6942]

Just dont swing that pendulum too far. Some resistance is part of the process as well. Some level of struggle is required to truly hone a person's skills and to give meaning to what is done. We just need to find the balance between proper support and proper resistance.

[@PretendeerStreams]

I'll never understand why everything in life is a competition for some people.

[@jfkst1]

Obviously because competition is an innate driving force in people achieving.

[@slackamacgaming6721]

Right...

[@bsherman8236]

Self hate, insecurity

[@brandobin]

​@@jfkst1 But so is cooperation

[@jfkst1]

@@brandobin Ok, but they're not mutually exclusive. Humans evolved through both competition and cooperation.

[@FunkyPertwee]

Underestimating one's competition can lead to serious strategic and tactical mistakes.

[@pavx45]

I do think it’s partly a personality thing you have a super kind friendly humble person rather than the sort of bully show off dominating type we usually associate top performers with. So frustrating but glad you’ve kept that humble attitude

[@esoel]

It's exactly what I was thinking. They underestimated him because in his place they would have been bragging and boasting all day, while Tim remained a humble and expecially kind person.

[@hillehai]

I remember being graded lower than I should've been and being accused of possible plagiarism on a history assignment back in high school. I'm not a big history guy and I admit I barely put in any work when it came to that class, which seems to have convinced my honestly not-that-great history teacher that I was simply stupid and incompetent in every aspect of life. What he didn't know is that I had a passion for writing and had been told by several teachers that I had a talent for it. So when he read my assignment, he simply couldn't believe that I would be capable of writing at the level I was writing at and just assumed I had been copy-pasting from textbooks, though he couldn't point to any concrete examples. That really taught me a lot about the unfairness of other people's perception of you and how much that can impact your success.

[@Odiee47]

Story of my life. Not even my parents believed I could ever amount to anything notable. Dad had other family and cared about his other kids, and my older brother was always more important than me. I was basically left alone. Well, what do you know. Turns out that I'm the only one in my entire (wider) family that actually amounted to anything.

[@shontivafeva511]

Crazy to hear that having friends who aren't as academically gifted as you would surprise someone about YOUR qualifications for valedictorian. I think this leads directly into your point about people who compliment your skill set. The ability to create relationships with all sorts of people increases the likelihood of that.

[@DavidCDrake]

I think you meant "complement" (just FYI since I wasn't sure at first...not trying to be annoying! haha)

[@shontivafeva511]

@@DavidCDrake No joke, but this is what I'm talking about. In my professional life I'm lucky to have peers who are more talented word smiths and regularly catch my spelling and grammar mistakes.

[@hamidious]

Wow, life pearls of wisdom being dispensed on this channel.

[@Shaerloc]

There was a scene in some movie or TV series some time ago, where a big crowd of people was in a pub or other establishment of this kind. And the main character was watching as his opponent in darts was doing pretty good and the crowd was all in favor of that opponent. And then he started to tell a story about once seeing a quote by Walt Whitman "Be curious, not judgemental", and how it then hit him - a lot of people over the years of his life were judging him and not a lot of people were curious... And then he said something along the lines of "if they were curious, they'd ask - Have you played a lot of darts in your life? And I'd tell them, 'yessire, I did. Ever since I was little every sunday afternoon in the pub with my dad, until I was sixteen when he passed away' " And then he proceeded to throw 3 straight 20s and a bullseye which won him the high stakes match. Anyway, what I mean by this - its a good scene to remind people about this quote. And I think it fits nicely here "Be curious, not judgemental" :)

[@Leviathis_Krade]

the show is "Ted Lasso" and you can even find said scene on this webbed site.

[@vovabelik0v]

It's from "Ted Lasso". Great scene! It could be found on KZbin if you search "darts scene ted lasso"

[@8Paul7]

That was a pretty awesome scene in Ted Lasso.

[@dasaen]

I think it’s a predisposition of people that are not humble, towards humility. As far as I can tell, they feel humility and honesty as a weird threatening behavior because they don’t have a reference to understand someone that admits flaws or is truly friendly, so their reaction is to defend themselves.

[@Tailmonsterfriend]

I'm an editor working in the games industry, so I'm a "words guy" through and through. But I also have a programming background, and I've done a lot of design as well, so I have a pretty broad area of things I can weigh in on. And yes: There is a certain type of person who will look at you, immediately form an opinion, put you somewhere on their imagined pecking order, and then act all bent out of shape when it turns out what they thought of you and what you're actually capable of are not at all in sync. I've always tried to be gracious and diplomatic about it, because I can totally understand why a software engineer might feel a certain way when they're being given programming feedback by a copywriter, but I can 100% relate to what Tim is saying here. My advice: If you're being underestimated, don't rush to correct them, but also don't let anyone else fence you in. Do your thing, know your strengths, and try to be gracious about it, circumstances permitting. I've also seen people be underestimated who then did really puff out their chests in a "Look what hot shit I am!" kind of way, and that never ends well.

[@SerPodrick]

Tim's positivity keeps my dev dreams alive

[@bigta1982]

My wife thought I was a dumbass in college. Her words. When the grades came out for the first test and I smoked her, man was she mad. People underestimated me all through school because I was never serious and hardly paid attention.

[@DarkBloodbane]

"If you are being underestimated then be humble", thanks for the tip Tim!

[@ThomasAndersonPhD]

9:20 That hit home for me! When you're good at what you do, it makes other people insecure. Nietzsche wrote a great parable about this in Thus Spoke Zarathustra called "The Flies in the Market-Place". "They punish thee for all thy virtues [...] In thy presence they feel themselves small, and their baseness gleameth and gloweth against thee in invisible vengeance. [...] Thy neighbours will always be poisonous flies; what is great in thee-that itself must make them more poisonous, and always more fly-like."

[@BananaGatorProds]

You know what they say about overconfidence. Its a slow and insidious killer.

[@DirePulpGaming]

"Why are you talking then if you know I don't care." I felt this on so many levels looking back on my life back in high school.

[@Pedone_Rosso]

My solution to the impostor syndrome has always been to introduce myself, in a new working environment, by stating explicitly that I'm an impostor, that I still have to learn most of the job. Sometimes this came back to byte me later, when I had become an expert (via HARD work, deep direct experimentation, and lots of self imposed study). At times, in fact, some of those who were there before me, who were working at the same hierarchy level as me, have felt entitled in ordering me around, in dictating how things had to be done by their chosen "proper way". I guess that's when the "being underestimated" part of the process becomes relevant. But my direct answer to that (which came after an in depth but completely ignored explanation to why I did things the way I did) never failed me to this day: "Mind your own work and let me mind mine... OR have me fired". (Never got fired...) All of that never bothered me, though. And I think that's because I managed to never be really convinced of this seemingly general belief, when people are supposed to act as if everything is some sort of competition. To me, I see it like this: we all are born, we all live, and then we all die at the end. Well, I don't feel at all pressed to be the first through the finish line, there's no competition as far as I'm concerned! Thanks for your videos!

[@TheJofurr]

To be fair to underestimaters, they don't have access to your inner world or lived experiences, and traditional markers of success aren't necessarily indicative of competence. Nepo babies exist, etc. It's still fun to toy with them, though.

[@christophegerard6012]

The same happened to me for decades. I am engineer in three fields. I am a CTO also now. People still recommend cashier jobs to me and I am not kidding nor am I exaggerating. I was always called good to nothing, mediocre, lazy, etc. It took me a very long time to be able to build a team that trusts and supports me (finally happened 2nd of February this year). I know plenty of developers who are in the same situation. They are very proficient yet struggle to keep a job / make a living depending on the cases. This is one of the reasons I absolutely love this channel. Your insight, knowledge and experience is formidable. Also, you made Fallout, which is my favorite game ever.

[@The_General_Zubas]

I LOVE being underestimated, it makes it so much better when I prove them wrong!

[@tinweidman989]

Been depressed for years, this is exactly why, you nailed it

[@stevetrop]

You spoke truth to the heart Tim. I encountered this because of the financial standings I was at coming up, or my ADHD, and eventually to an accident I was involved in. Folks judged me or expected less of me just because of observations of me. They underestimated me with no right cause, they knew of me, they didn't know me.

[@ryanyates7145]

I really love this stuff…. So much great advice and great stories My whole life I’ve been underestimated and was told I would never achieve anything at school, told I was an idiot, accused of cheating on written work, blah blah blah… I lead a game development team, I travel the world making 360 vr video documentaries, I have meetings with military commanders relating to VR training sims and so on… and still always have imposter syndrome and lack self confidence In my experience, being able to DO STUFF is all that matters and it’s all I consider when I hire people, their education means very little to me. Eventually you get where you need to be

[@grumpyoldnord]

I loved your reference to the Ocean House Hotel in Bloodlines. Hands down to this day one of the scariest scenes in a game I've ever played.

[@alexpetrovich85]

The "fake it till you make it" people are the archnemeses to the actual competent people.

[@developerdeveloper67]

One of the biggest pleasures in life is to prove people wrong with success.

[@leonardolemos7542]

I got in med school a bit later in life than my colleagues (about 7 years older) and i was one of the last ones to be called up (people actually had to give up for me to get in), so I was insanely self concious at the beginning. One day (about 2 semesters in) we were in lab studying some microscope slides and a colleague looked at my personal notebook, with very rough private notes (I transcribe rough notes to a notebook, those were NOT for anyone else to see), and i swear, this individual, who I probably exchanged 4, maybe 5 conversations, said loudly "look at how unorganized you are, these notes are a diagrace, you don't deserve to be a doctor". I nearly cried, but at least said "what about you, you get lower grades than me". Cue mean girls, and she got angry at me and would talk to other people about me behind my back and some such. I think what she did was a lot worse, but I never badmouthed her to anyone. Some people have a propensity for acting like douchebags.

[@Zethin64]

Recently I had one of the worst instance of this I've ever had in my life - undermining and triggering is so accurate. Personally it reinforces any sense of my imposter syndrome, and trying to explain to anyone why it's so debilitating - it always sounds like I'm making excuses for myself... Just wanted to say thank you for this video, feel very seen. Tired of everyone around me having 0 faith. The hilarious thing was, the day after the 'shitty day', I was scheduled to shoot 1 on 1 with a new client. And they were so impressed, full of praise, gratitude - all of the validation that was completely absent, in response to the exact same skillset. I will never understand why people feel the need to project doubt onto the people around them... It actively makes your peers function worse. "Trust in your friends, and they'll have reason to trust in you." It's really nice to have an esteemed professional share examples, of some of these shittier parts when honing any kind of marketable skill. Every video you post we're blessed with gold - all my respect to you, thank you thank you Tim.

[@concord5859]

This is such an excellent point not often made and I'd like to thank you for making a video for it. Love it.

[@Claybizzle]

I've had the same experience even in blue collar settings. People flip out when they're not the smartest person or don't have the best solution. They'd rather a poor job get done and blame someone else than be proven wrong or have their ego bruised.

[@petesidtech4adventures415]

I'm so sorry that you had to go through this so often :( I had this guy at work, who, whenever we learned someone got a raise or promotion, said "him/her? really?" So I wasn't surprised in the slightest, when I told him I got a better position on another project, and he replied: "you? really?" Some people just put you in a box, often based on how you look and how you seem to them. And whenever you stop matching the label they put on the box, usually an inferior one, they have the audacity to tell you that you couldn't possibly achieve *insert whatever made you a better person / your life better here*. They just don't know when to shut up, do they? Unfortunately, I found such people among my friends and family too. Avoid like plague, cut ties, run as far as you can, etc.

[@m0ocow_love783]

I don’t know why but it always makes me feel good listening to your stories Tim, thank you.

[@TricoliciSerghei]

Thanks for sharing your wisdom Tim.. It's awesome. Hopefully I'll be able to share my experiences with the world one day.

[@krystiankrewniak]

I know the feeling. I'm a professional actor, and because I didn't study acting in Warsaw or Cracow here in Poland I was and sometimes still am treated as a second class actor. I actually made an international diploma just to fight that. It helped, but still there are places they look at my application and make faces. I played in a lot of shows, and know my worth. I played shows in 3 languages on of which can a total nightmare to improvise in (if needed) and there are a lot of people that know what I am capable of buy there are still some that feel better for some only known to the reason. And the impostor syndrome...yeah it's still a thing. But mostly in my other profession. Maybe because I've been doing it for a shorter time. Thank for the video. I needed to hear that today.❤

[@albinjarnroth1065]

There are probably self-help books with hundreds of pages that could be condensed to the sentiment of this video.

[@Commander67]

This was kinda encouraging to say the least i constantly having imposter syndrome like "symptoms", for lack of a better word although i agree that's stupid of your colleagues to not recognize anything you've done in the past. On the bright side your fans do.

[@krank23]

Here's a thing I've learned: Feeling bad about something is absolutely useless unless it drives and motivates constructive behavior. In pretty much all cases. You can't always control what emotions you feel, but you can understand emotions will pass. If you feel you're bad at something, and you feel bad about it - try to make improvements or mitigations instead of wallowing or lashing out. "OK, this is the situation - how can it most constructively be improved?" Like Tim's saying: when you're bad at something, you can improve (rectify) and you can cooperate with people who are good (mitigate). Ideally, by sharing what you're good at with them, you can do both at the same time: Mitigate in the moment by drawing on eachother's strengths, while learning and growing together to become better at the stuff you're not. Time is limited but I'd rather be pretty good at a lot of stuff than extremely good at just ome thing and extremely bad at everything else…

[@MaximOfSurrey]

Just goes to show that a big part of success is disregarding the opinions of people who functionally don't matter. Obviously there are people with informed opinions who you should still listen to, and to appreciate the value of someone expressing things you might not want to hear too. But those negative people? Those horrid little people who can't build themselves up without tearing someone else down? Flush them down the toilet.

[@simeon9506]

Having imposter syndrome while being regularly underestimated sounds terrible. To me you’re a living legend so I’m surprised to hear that.

[@PointReflex]

"A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan Side topic: About you using Bloodlines as an example, which is spot on in the "attribute/personal value overconfidence", I just came in from playing the game, well from "wasting" half an hour trying to get the ester egg at the basket ring in the run down building just to realize you can cheat it by shooting up from under the ring itself.

[@johnharder6380]

Enjoying my first play through of outer worlds, I love hearing Tim’s voice in the design of the game ❤ Your personality is so distinct and comfy

[@febbeedraws2285]

Loved this video! Never really heard anyone talk about the feeling of being underestimated before but I’ve felt this so many times. I always wonder why does it happen, am I too much of a door mat, am I not unique and interesting enough. It’s taken years to learn you can’t change their estimations but instead just don’t let it dull your shine. It’s not up to someone else to decide how much potential we all have, equally not up to us to underestimate other people aswel ❤

[@thecuchikiller]

Good video, is always nice to hear you Tim.

[@langleymneely]

I’m not remotely like you where your field of expertise is concerned but as someone that has been a polite, soft spoken, laid back, educated black guy nerd I have consistently been underestimated when it comes to confrontation or conflict. I inherited it from my mom. She used to say people mistake kindness for weakness and when they try to push you around they live to regret it. It’s weird how just being affable and decent to people can cause them to not consider or respect you?

[@WaxmanT73]

I guess I was a little "lucky" to be in that situation. Sometimes it's very unpleasant. But Tim gave me a very good thing that I lost during this experience. Thank you!

[@alexanderwalter4504]

The situation at Interplay with the "Newguy" seems like the earliest signs of the narcissistic society we have now. Where they just realize far too late that someone else is just more competent.

[@sandwich2473]

Man, what a legend You definitely shook some people's world views, maybe it's general confidence that makes them think that you're just a B student or whatever but goodness me I have the opposite problem, people take one look at me and think i know everything when I really really don't

[@ambrant7422]

Great video! I was surprised that you were underestimated when you were younger, I was under the impression that you were a kind of wonderkid.

[@richardbeare11]

Wise words. Your experiences are kind of uncanny. Maybe that's not unusual in this space. I did engineering undergrad/masters (electromagnetics/RFIC), did microchip design, electromagnetics 3d design - rather interesting and complex work. I transitioned into gamedev (hobbyist dev then major indie success). Gamedev, like engineering is interesting and complex, where complexity is highly scalable - and the creativity and the human element of game development is core to what makes it meaningful and extra rewarding to me. In regards to these 2 types of self perception/doubts, it was mostly imposter for me, but gradually over time, morphed more towards inverse imposter. I've had instances where people do not believe that I can do what I said I can do, mostly highly technical things that are out of the domains of others on the team(s). So instead of asking permission, sometimes I will simply demonstrate the idea in a basic way, and then go from there.

[@KayleighBourquin]

This is a kinda common experience for Autistics, like myself (not saying you are, just that I relate to this experience). There was a study done a while back about this, relating to negative thin slice judgements made by neurotypicals about Autistics

[@GeraltORivia]

Can you imagine how many INCREDIBLE IPs don’t exist simply because the author thought he wouldn’t make the cut?

[@Superman0308]

I love hearing Tim's life stories.

[@Wladeksk8]

Hi Tim, I just wanted to say thank you for your amazing games, I'm a big fan of your games (Fallout, VTMB, Arcanum, Outer Worlds etc.) and I'm very thankful for this amazing channel. I hope you will continue to be working on some projects in the future and will make more videos for this KZbin channel. Have a nice a day!

[@TheFlaxCompany]

It's one of the most rewarding feelings in life - to prove yourself in someone's eyes without even trying to prove anything; to let those people know they're not as good as they thought; to let those people boil in their own anger with themselves, wich they don't quite understand yet; to let those people know, that there is always someone better. To teach them this simple truth, to ground them.

[@YksiSuomalainen]

I would rather be underestimated than overestimated.

[@papajoots]

Totally agree about getting a good group of people around you. I disagree about being humble. There are plenty of people that will put you down. You have to be your biggest fan.

[@kotzpenner]

Love your videos! The thing I hate most if someone accuses me of being lazy when I’m not or lying. Also I hope it’s not too much advertising, but I’d recommend a look at Triangle City and his newest community post, he has a nice Collection of Troika merch from back then and I was shocked you two never connected. I always find his vintage stuff fascinating.

[@tinweidman989]

Problem is, it's those same people who can and will convince you that you're not good at the things you're good at. Those people are toxic, it's why I quit my job when I did

[@mortenelgaardpedersen892]

We once at a previous work place had a outside consultant do a quick assignment for us. Line up in a row in what you feel your level of influence is. It really put out the invisible peking order out in a visible way, uncomfortable as that may be.

[@umartdagnir]

When I hear stories like these, I start thinking that the game dev companies are full of jerks, and this is one of the reasons I don't want to fully switch to working in a creative industry.

[@MoodyMoonBluesTV]

I have been experiencing something similar, and I think it might be related to being too humble (?) I don't tend to brag, and I don't like to mention projects I'm working on in irrational fear that if I do that, then I will never finish them. Only recently I tried to break that feeling and talk more about stuff I'm doing and it's really changing the perception of how other people see me

[@WardSennes]

This is exactly whats destroying my country in the long run, education is very hard and half assed at the same time somehow. Kids self esteem are demolished in school, or the opposite happens.

[@vos2693]

Turkey, right? Next stop: Russia, where education is just pointless.

[@MeisVlk]

10:02 - i think this is a great advice. Don't beat yourself up over what you are bad at. I know i am bad at things i am supposed to be good at in my carreer. But i also know what i am really good at. This helps me overcome my shortcomings.

[@ShmilS]

I work as a consultant and so many clients underestimate my knowledge, it's frustrating.

[@hornplaya]

This is a perfect pairing with Adam Savages recent take on comparing yourself against your peers.

[@milczyciel]

Wish I had your strength. Glad you managed to pull through... even if only for my selfish and unconditional love for F1 and Arcanum 😅 But all jokes aside, it's really nice to see someone like you reminiscing about those things with such bright and unjaded smile.

[@eividaslavrijanec5090]

This works on so many levels, I don't do games, but this fits like a glove in every aspect of life

[@chriscroteau931]

I've run into this type of thing in my own life. The pattern I'm seeing in Tim's anecdotes and my own experiences is that above average people by virtue of birth or social strata tend to operate in the world based on their ego and the labels they assign to others. In their minds, they're exceptional and others are just average. When confronted with evidence that contradicts their stories and labels, it creates a lot of strife and resistance. Tim seems very grounded and present... He operates in reality minus the ego story most people tell themselves. It's a contrarian way to live life and it puts him at odds with others.

[@chasescooper]

God ignoring all the noise of people trying to stop you is most of the battle. I’m convinced anyone can be successful in most things if you can ignore the noise of competitive criticism throughout the journey.

[@MelvinIsANiceBoy]

i can't wait for Timmy to show us his powers.

[@Theodore042]

I love this video! SO TRUE that people expect to see people of the same intelligence together. But I'll listen to anyone and I've learned some things. Like that dyslexia is a HORRIBLE disability. They truly are just as smart as anyone else but are just blocked from knowledge! And I learned that there are just as many smart people that think they're dumb as there are dumb people that think they're smart! I was also friends with mentally challenged person (he could hold down a job but was in assisted living). You learn a LOT about humanity this way! Although I skipped your video on imposter syndrome. I don't relate ;P

[@metarenegade]

The third agreement is to never make assumptions. The second agreement is not to take anything personally. Don't be the guy who underestimates people, and if you get underestimated, just keep in mind that we all come from all walks of life and find it in your heart to forgive them 🙏 (while proving them wrong 💪)

[@TheBaldr]

I have been feeling undervalued my entire career.

[@KimHarderFog]

It seems strange that you've experienced that your entire life. I get the feeling that you've always been top of everything, especially skilled in the software world (I do love the fallout 1 intro, even without Ron Perlman ;) )

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

Funny, I never underestimated any programmers who created my fav games, in fact as a kid, they were something like gods to me. I was like "Wow, such a great game, the people who created it are brilliant". Now I can be more critical as I've grown up, but still, I never underestimated any of you guys working on games I love, be it Fallout makers, C&C, Half-Life, Final Fantasy 6 and other great games of its age. I can certainly appreciate quality ^^

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

As a person on the spectrum who has been mistreated by bad managers for 15 years... yeah. I'm no psychologist but management positions absolutely attract sociopaths. A good manager is a rare thing.

[@DamianReloaded]

The best way to deal with being underestimated is to be overconfident so when you take an undermining hit you stay at confident instead of suffering XD

[@kanden27]

This is the same experience I had with baseball growing up. It was always the same kids on the same teams. I grew up being a great pitcher, but was never picked for little league all stars. Middle school I made the team and some kids looked at me like they didn't think I deserved it. Pitched well in middle school. Then coming into high school. Many of the kids that didn't think I was good quit or thought they deserved to be varsity. But I worked my way to being the starting pitcher on the freshman team, JV, then Varsity my last two years and it shut up some people. Especially since the varsity coach as I grew up noticed me. Even if a few upper class men thought I still didn't deserve to pitch or even be on the team because I wasn't their friend. It's frustrating sometimes because I feel you do kind of need their approval or cooperation to be successful as a team and for yourself. That you have to teeter between ignoring it and letting them talk down to you. Because you know what you need to do to succeed even if it puts their ass to the fire or not how they'd do it.

[@bloodmime]

In Australia what you're describing is called "Tall Poppy Syndrome". Especially with people feeling you're undeserving of your success or skills. I've come to realise most people, even people you consider friends, don't want you to be more successful than they are and may come to resent you if you are. If you're secure in yourself, you won't suffer from feeling inferior when other people succeed.

[@filypefx]

If someone, have the need to go out of their way to belittle/undermine/bring you down... with few exceptions... that means you are doing good too well in something they are lacking.

[@melissacuddy9858]

Not getting into game development but thank you for your videos 😢

[@andscifi]

There is a group of people, a group that is too large, who think that being good at something means being arrogant and pushy and telling people how good you are. That means if you don't do that then they assume that you must not be that good instead of that you're just confident enough to not need to spend your time and effort trying to convince other people.

[@entorwellian]

The thing that I get from this is that high school teachers are horrible monsters that shouldn't be allowed to talk to kids.

[@oliorogue]

Can't relate I personally always underestimated myself. When I finally got honor roll and a bunch of awards i was blown away. Turns out it all had to do with parenting situations.

[@noobdosjogos]

this all sounds like they're jealous of you jim, keep being awesome

[@suites.74]

This happened to me recently. I worked a job with one boss who said that I did things really well. He quit and the person they replaced him with didn't have any background in what I did and was purely like a manager and somehow they thought I couldn't do anything right and then I just got fired

[@gamesafoot]

Tim, I promise that I will always estimate you.

[@calxer]

Good morning, Tim. Hope you and your dog have plenty of smiles today.

[@memeslich]

As just a humble meme guy, nobody ever realizes just how much we’ve done and that’s fine. 😂

[@tinweidman989]

Love you Tim.

[@yessopie]

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I rather like being called a cheater. When you do something so awesome people assume you MUST have cheated.

[@LoganScott1117]

As an unpublished author trying to break my way into the industry I really feel this. It’s incredibly exhausting when you make something that you’re proud of and submit it to go no response at all. But I also know that I’m going to keep doing it even if it’s annoying to agents because I know what I have is great.

[@vaniellys]

Something in my day-to-day life, at home and at work, is that I feel both underestimated for stuff I know while at the same time people assuming I'm good at other stuff despite me saying "I don't know how to do this specific thing". I found it useful to just remind people my specific skills so that they can know what I'm good at and what I don't know shit about. Or just ignore them and try to do my best and show them what I know.

[@twotamatos]

I think one of the toughest things is when ur having to work on a project and those intrusive thoughts invade ur head. U may remember a sad moment or a person who did something awful to u and it really makes going through the process extra painful. It hurts me a lot because people think oh I’ve already seen helluva boss I’ve already seen hazbin hotel n that show sucks or the art is so good in a anime of the 7 deadly sins u just can’t compete and to me I feel like there is no competition but those people underestimating u can really mess with ur ego but yah I rarely feel like I have any real competition but that THAT in itself when others are presumptuous and just underestimate ur writing & animation skills it all takes so much time to learn n compose everything but yah ill make it and make some stuff that really will in my mind push the status quo of what a tv show should be!

[@cptSpace]

Good advice.

[@pnutz_2]

I had this a couple times, once from one of my science teachers because I got a high distinction award in the standardised tests (while being hopeless at the exams) and he dropped the award on my desk. the second time was at uni, where the smuggest overachiever possible suddenly had a role-reversal with me and I was offput when I was walking them through an assignment because one of the units just clicked with my head and I picked it up immediately...

[@CamCommand99]

I took 2 years of intro comp sci in high-school and couldn't test out if the first college cs classes. I didn't go in thinking I was better bc I knew more, I go everywhere with basically no ego. It also helped it was in Java which I didn't know at the time.

[@MrDrunkNFunky]

I think its more of a "rope-a-dope" situation because *you* knew your ability which with that added self awareness, I would say they got 'Timmy Rigged™'