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and question if what you are told is true.
Isn't there a slogan that is becoming more and more popular now? "Trust, but verify."
Everyone needs to remember..... If you are signing your name on a project, it's OK to confirm all marching orders and procedures.
LOL - I find that saying so weird - what is trust without the lack of need to verify? The same can be said about faith.
Right... trust but, you know, don't. LOL It's trust OR verify.
We're in a time where trust is just something we don't/can't/shouldn't have at least in IT. It's just - verify - nothing more, nothing less. It's not about someone else doing a bad job, it's about you doing a good one, and verification seems to be a required part of it now, perhaps always was.
I think the phrase means exactly what you said. Trust that the person is doing the best they can and are not trying to do a bad job, but verify that. Not that you're blindly trusting that something is correct
What's the point of the phrase, though? All you need is "verify". Who cares if you trust them or not? Even if you know someone is malicious, still verify.
Because it's dealing with people. It's saying the culture isn't we don't trust you're doing your best, we just verify it. It's a people thing.
LOL, isn't that worse? We trust that you are trying, but we don't trust that you are competent, lol.
Yeah, this is pretty much how I read trust but verify.
If the rule is just 'verify' then there shouldn't be any room for offense - dude, it's not you it's just the job - we verify everything. hell, If I just did the work, and I'm reading the steps - I should verify my own work....etc.
