I say both all the time, am trusted to handle projects on my own from start to finish, and those projects tend to go very smoothly. I do also ask questions wit

I say both all the time, am trusted to handle projects on my own from start to finish, and those projects tend to go very smoothly. I do also ask questions without hesitation when needed (to the point where it starts to irritate non-developers), but saying "Yes, I understand" or "it's going well" when I do understand and when it is going well is not a red flag.