- My greatest strength is perseverence, and I know this because I am who I am, and where I am, not because of my hardships, but because of my determination to overcome them.
- I work best when I first eliminate foreseeable distractions. Prioritization is key to me. When I'm working on something I know is the most important thing at the moment, I generally am able to focus on it better than if what I was working on were just something I maybe would prefer to be doing.
- My greatest area of improvement is my self assuredness. For the longest time I had a habit of always comparing myself to others. Whether I fit in, or felt worthy, was dependent on whether I thought I met others' expectations. I didn't notice I did that until I stopped doing it. Now I set my own expectations, and base my sense of worth on whether I meet or exceed those expectations. No one knows my life, or where I've been, and at some point I realized that meant I'm the expert on myself.
- I believe my strengths will make me a strong asset to whatever company I work for as a programmer. Mostly my perseverence, in that I will always strive to be the most knowledgeable I can be and to find the best solution for any given problem. If I fail at either of those goals, I'll just try again. I'm also very good with people, having almost 20 years in the customer service industry, and from what I've heard that's a skill that's lacking in the industry.
- Knowing my strengths and working preferences will help me to focus and define my goals. If I were stuck still figuring out who I am, or didn't continue to try to better understand myself, those things would get in the way of my goals, in addition to opening the door to the possibility of realizing I'm going in the wrong direction. That's happened numerous times before, but I feel more confident than ever before that this is the right direction for me.
