My greatest asset is finding order in disorder, in other words, preparation. I guess I like to consider the good parts of bad situations, and try to make everything a lesson that teaches me to become better the next time in a "trial and error" kind of way. I'm very good at being critical at analyzing situations, both emotionally and rationally, and carefully think about my next step. I like to think that anything is possible if you really put your mind into it, even when others doubt yourself. I know I possess this strength because I can be very anxious of deadlines, presentations, or anything that requires a finalized goal. To avoid my anxiousness I like to prepare really well beforehand, by repeating and polishing the rough edges of whatever I work towards to. I guess this answer is very related to my answer about my concerns in question 2. My insecurity is the reason that propels some of my strenths, like preparation, in order to avoid not performing well.
I work best best when I am given a responsibility or challenge and struggle to figure things on my own. According to my full report I'm very efficient at working on my own and also working on a team depending on my agenda. I guess I'm very introspective and like to figure things on my own and think about them thoroughly before I come to a conclusion about a project or task with my teammates. I enjoy the independency of being left alone and not doing a lot of social interaction for some periods, but I also get to a point where I need to communicate and be social. I enjoy both because they bring me to a balance. I also work best when I know what is required of me and what I have to do, although I am very good a figuring things on my own if I don't exactly know what a task entails. I work best when I have a blueprint of what I need to do, it actually takes a bit of effort for me to start working on something, because I take too much time planning and preparing the way I am going to do things. So I like having a good solid foundation of the skills required and structure of a project to start working more efficiently.
"I take responsibility and ask for little, but value others' help a lot." I have to admit that I put a lot of pressure on my myself to finish tasks on my own because I really don't want to seem "unqualified", and I'm very aware of this internal behavior. It's some sort of insecurity that makes me want to even close myself a little bit because I don't want anybody to think I am dumb. Again, I am really aware of this and I don't really know where it originates from, but I have always been like this in all of my jobs, probably because of the popular impostor syndrome which makes me feel insecure when I am experiencing something new. I have never tried to change it, and I think this new journey at Turing is an amazing opportunity for me to work on it, and instead of sensing this behavior as "unqualified", see it as "cooperative", more a reinforcing-feedback type of communication with others to open up a discussion instead of putting the pressure solely on my own. I see a lot of benefits to improving this trait of mine, while also helping other students out with what I know, reinforcing our knowledge. A win-win situation.
I received my full report on my email and I'm actually surprise at how "compatible" my traits are to the "essential" software developer soft/skill traits. I think it is great that I'm good at working on my own, and also working on a team since that's how I see software developing being. Also, my traits show "microscope" style, which means I can get very granular when solving problems, and the report also shows traits of critical thinking, creativity, curiosity, and entrepreneurship. I have to say this report helped boost my confidence about my decision to pursue this career. I think there is of course a lot of room for improvements, including my strengths. Particularly, one of the reasons I wanted to pursue this bootcamp is because I don't feel I was being creative in any way at any of my previous financial jobs, and creativity has always been something that I love to do, I love to create, be original, and to make art in a way. I hope as I go into front-end development I can have far more opportunities to be creative and give some of my artistic touch to the projects I work with. I also love to build, to go into the nitty-gritty of things and polish until it becomes perfect. I see it not only as a challenge, but like a game that I enjoy playing, I really hope this strengths can be improved even more during my time at Turing, to completely development so I can really go into the workforce/software engineering being the best version of myself.
I think being aware of your strengths can empower them even more, because we can learn how to use them more appropriately in our life. It is also good to be aware of your strengths because it gives you a better idea of the ways you can help or contribute to a team or honestly anyone out there. Everyone on a team adds a unique value to the table, and I think knowing what you're good at is another strength because you might have a strength that an employer or a team is lacking. I think a successful team is all about complementing each other. Besides the employer, I think it also gives us some leverage to know what type of company or client we want to work with, if we know what we're good at. I think it also serves as a good confidence-booster in a way to know your worth, to know that you are valuable and that we bring a unique set of skills. It's always good to know your profile fit in an industry or shape that industry mold to our own needs, it is all about diversyfying.