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I think it is not enough to be good, you also have to look good. What I mean by that is you have to make sure your contributions are visible and comprehensible
by pzs 9y ago
I think it is not enough to be good, you also have to look good. What I mean by that is you have to make sure your contributions are visible and comprehensible to your bosses. This should establish some level of credit with them. Once you have that credit you can build on it to have more informative discussions, perhaps during one-on-ones. Dare to ask.
Unfortunately, I have seen managers, technical and non-technical, who are seriously non-transparent. That is, they have and promote their own hidden agenda, without regard to how that affects others. Sorry for the pessimistic tone, but management tends to entail politics in big companies, which itself attracts those with the non-transparent personality trait.
- noxToken 9y ago> I think it is not enough to be good, you also have to look good. [emphasis mine] This rings true in a lot of large places and in some medium places. If your butt is in a chair in the office, you better be working on something. It doesn't matter if you clear your plate, took a few tasks from someone else, finished those as well, and are looking at the Software Engineering or Code Review SE sites or OWASP to help holistically contribute to your project. Your billable time better be used for tangible results that can be demoed or shown on an agile board. Never mind that you crushed estimated 50 hours in 30 - you don't get to be a warm body.
- s73ver 9y agoThe real advice in this comment is to not finish your work too early, as the only reward you'll get is more work.
- FLUX-YOU 9y agoWhich of course leads to trying to flex the deadlines to give yourself as much time as the other party is willing to tolerate. After all, if they were willing to budge to a new time but no further, you've just found their actual time.