knowing what I know now I regret not punching my bullies in the teeth. good for you on that one. I am more trained than all the kids who work in my department and management treats me like I know less than these kids. they do things fast because they do those things wrong and it is going to impact safety one of these days. hoping I am gone by then! humor, fake confidence with humor, genuine concern for others and many varieties of sarcasm = the things I use to cope AND also what drew my person to me. if anyone is reading this wondering about this confidence BS it really was the dumbest sort of magic. I went to the party I would have skipped and left my worries of judgement in my car. Once you get to that point it's your own judgement of yourself that is the real thing to battle. congrats on the managing pursuits. last week someone I interviewed with confided that his family member had a stutter and even showed me a pic of the guy. it was really really humanizing and probably the most related to I have ever felt in an interview. like, I don't even care if I don't get the job that dude was nice AF and it made my week compared to 100% of the rest of the interviews I have had in my LIFE.