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Here’s to All the Arrogant Engineers
Engineers, here are secrets to remain confident
at work without appearing arrogant
Too many arrogant engineers in your office
lately?
To be a full-fledged engineer is a feat achieved
only by a select few. Being a certified engineer
entails continuous dedication, persistence and
tenacity, on top of limitless creativity, imagination
and ambition. As such, engineers take much
pride in their profession.
Many engineers exude a “can-do” attitude,
swag if you may, which they bring with them
everywhere they go – including their place of
work. Years of intensive education and myriad
surmounted adversities have armed engineers
with the confidence that they hold the solution to
any perceivable problem. At times, however, this
beaming confidence can come off as arrogance,
especially on the part of their non-engineer peers
or line managers.
RBeing confident is an essential trait of
employees, because it is one of the factors that
drive their performance at work. On the other
hand, being arrogant is frowned upon, and is
usually the quality that rubs other employees or a
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company”s management the wrong way. There is
a sea of gap between confidence and arrogance,
and in an office setting, where perception can
spell the difference between career advancement
and stagnation, engineers better walk on the
right side of that gap.
Here are some tips to be confident at work
without appearing as arrogant:
Never fake it
Some people swear by the adage “fake it till you
make it”. Well, we say that it is a trap.
Engineers who are trying to fake confidence at
work are the ones who often come across as