Feeling like an Imposter with Annie Chayko

In this episode of 'Breaking the Binary,' we delve into the often unspoken struggles of feeling like an imposter in the workplace. Join us as we sit down with Annie Chayko, the Engineering Service Manager for the locally built RAN Minehunter in-service-support at Thales, Carrington. Annie shares her journey from the early days of her career to her current role, providing an honest and vulnerable conversation about the challenges she’s come across, often as the only woman in an engineering space. 

We talk about how feeling like an imposter is often a natural result of the environment we are in, especially in man dominated spaces; spaces that aren’t designed for women or gender-diverse people. We hope you’re encouraged to lean into what makes you special and know that your experiences, especially the hard ones, are an asset to you and make you who you are. 

We hope you find this episode interesting, we can’t wait to hear your thoughts. 

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Articles that contributed to the discussion:

https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/impostor-syndrome-class-unfairness

https://www.glamour.com/story/impostor-syndrome-isnt-a-syndrome-its-a-scheme

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/the-dubious-rise-of-impostor-syndrome