Re:I don't trust you (Score 1)

"The dream job ... is to be left alone most of the time".

This is just the kind of thing that creates the divide between the front-line tech folks and less technically savvy managers. We fear what we don't understand and all that.

The way to remove the fear, and establish confidence in your competence, is through communication. Probably the most important skill for a tech worker these days is the ability to freely translate between geek and whatever the local spoken tongue is.

Going back to the original thread, the company may well have made an uninformed decision (outsourcing the keys to the kingdom). I'd argue that it's our job to inform them, and to develop the relationship so they trust the information we give.

Trying to maintain your work in a black box is probably not a good way to achieve this.