Task C: Turing Culture: Developing Empathetic Programmers

Task_c_reflection.txt

Reflections:

What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?
Empathy plays a 

How does empathy help you build better software?
When starting a project, we have ideas and notions about who our end users are, what they need, how they'll use our software, etc. By being empathetic and working with the end user and putting myself in their shoes, I can develop a product that is aligned with their actual needs, it can help identify new opportunities of improvement and identify issues I hadn't considered.
By placing the person at the heart of the project, I can develop a real solution for their needs.

Why is empathy important for working on a team?
It's important because it helps us to comunicate better and function better within a team, by listening with the intention to understand what the other is saying and understanding the importance each of us have within a team, we can feel more valued and perform better.

Describe a situation in which your ability to empathize with a colleague or teammate was helpful.


When do you find it most difficult to be empathetic in professional settings? How can you improve your skills when faced with these scenarios?