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I think everyone has time for it, but it requires nerves of steel. You are thinking "I could just fix this the easy way", you are feeling social pressure to qui
by erikpukinskis 10y ago
I think everyone has time for it, but it requires nerves of steel. You are thinking "I could just fix this the easy way", you are feeling social pressure to quickly get to the next thing. It's easy to decide "I can't take the time to really figure this out."
But if you can ignore the pressure and stick to your guns, you end up saving time in the long run, sometimes making orders of magnitude more work possible. Most managers should appreciate that.
But it's difficult to have the nerve to do it, and it can be difficult to explain in the short term. Like most opportunities there's a cost to pay up front.
- rhizome 10y agoWould that we as a profession developed an encyclopedia of ways of pushing back on "Is it done yet? How much longer?" completion pressure. There's certainly a profusion of lore about PFYs and lusers, why not structural business frustrations?