raises hand I see my job to be a human-shield whose sole purpose is to try to ensure something worthwhile gets done by the collective. No shortage of smart-people. Tricky bit is keeping them pointing vaguely in the right direction and ensuring nobody upsets/interrupts them. I'll fight my/their corner, but accept I may be wrong/out-of-my-depth if you can tell me why. Until then, I just soak up the grief. Biggest turn-off - people who think personal excellence in one area is infinitely transferable.

Please stop contributing to my impostor syndrome.

You're absolutely right though, it can be very difficult to have enough self knowledge and awareness to even place one's self sometimes.

I wouldn't consider myself a top performer. Though I'd expect I'd become one at a place that had a union ensuring low performers got accumulated at the company.