# High-flying graduate, 22, who got job with one of Britain’s top cyber security firms took her own life while suffering from ‘imposter syndrome’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/high-flying-graduate-22-who-got-job-with-one-of-britains-top-cyber-security-firms-took-her-own-life-while-suffering-from-imposter-syndrome/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:49:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T16:03:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284529/Graduate-job-Britains-cyber-security-firms-imposter-syndrome.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Companies, Cybersecurity, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- Amy Havers took her own life aged 22.
- An inquest heard she felt she was failing at work.
- She had received positive feedback and excelled in an internship.

## Summary

Amy Havers, a 22-year-old University of Bristol graduate, took her own life ten months after starting a graduate job at BAE Digital Intelligence. An inquest heard that she believed she was underperforming and falling behind colleagues, despite receiving positive feedback; her family and partner described how distressing the job had become for her.

Havers had excelled in a summer internship before being offered a Business Analyst role, and graduated with a high 2:1 in Business and Management. Her father told investigators she experienced “imposter syndrome”; her partner said she often cried after work and felt she was burdening others. She had no known prior history of depression, and had seen a therapist, but remained convinced she was not doing well.

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