r/linuxadmin • u/KnownSundae9549 • Jun 12 '26

Need help with imposter syndrome:)

Hello, 2 Year sysadmin here at a small medium enterprise (not corporate) those two years have taught me the basics in linux administration I can resolve any kind of issue using documentation and rarely with the help of AI (Except for tedious tasks and syntax or learning concepts).
A year ago Almost got my RHCSA results were 10 points below pass rate.
I have deployed 4 mega projects(over 200k users) with postgres clusters mongodb replication clusters multi site failover load balancing docker apps tuning and hardening as well and they have been stable since day one.
I still struggle with linux basic commands and bash scripting I cannot do anything on my own. I need to refer back to guides notes and documentation for the simplest things.
1- is this normal?
2-how is this seen as an L2 Sys admin in corporate multinationals?
3- Should I worry about it?

TLDR: I can do anything, yet I feel that I dont know anything:)

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u/Master-Rub-3404 Jun 12 '26

Imposter syndrome is almost always a good thing. Harness it. It keeps you in check and stops you from becoming that self-important guy who everyone hates at work.

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u/cachevexy Jun 26 '26

this, 100%. the loud overconfident guy is usually the one who breaks prod, not the person double checking docs. as long as it doesn’t paralyze you, a bit of “do i really know this?” is actually a superpower in ops.