About trust

When we’re developing software one key element we need is trust. Trust can be defined as having reliance or confidence on something or someone, and its essential in this field. For starters, we need to trust ourselves, our knowledge and our skills. As software engineers, many times we encounter new challenges while working that we need to solve by ourselves with the knowledge we have or new knowledge we acquire for the purpose. We need to face these problems with the right attitude, and part of that is being confident in ourselves and our abilities. Computer engineering is a challenging field that is constantly innovating. If we want to create something important, we also need to trust ourselves.

Besides trusting ourselves, we need to trust our partners, our coworkers. Sometimes when our name and work are on the line, it can be hard to trust other people to do their job correctly. In computer engineering we often work in teams, and the projects can be huge. With big projects it’s almost impossible for somebody to get them done alone. That’s why we need teams. And precisely because the job can’t be done by one single person is why we need to trust the quality professionals we work with to do their best effort for the project as a whole.

Trusting others and ourselves can also help release some of the constant stress we sometimes live with due to work and life in general. It makes us worry less beforehand about possible bad outcomes and instead worry only if we need to. Trust also makes it easier for us to make job related decisions, which also saves us time. We also have to remember that it’s ok to fail sometimes at a task or to need help, and this shouldn’t affect our trust in ourselves. Computer engineering is a constant learning curve, and no one is good at everything at the first try. Trusting ourselves and our team members is one of the best and most beneficial things we can do for our personal and professional lives.