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Dealing with other people's perceptions. When I start a new job, everyone sizes me up and forms impressions about my skill or 'level' or whatever. What impressi
by psyc 9y ago
Dealing with other people's perceptions. When I start a new job, everyone sizes me up and forms impressions about my skill or 'level' or whatever. What impressions? How do they form them? Do they actually have anything to do with me? Typically, at first everyone assumes I'm an idiot. Then, after I've tackled something hard that impresses people, they upgrade to "not a total idiot, but probably green/ignorant". Then slowly over time, as I solve a large variety of problems with decent, well-performing, and not-so-buggy code, they upgrade me to "pretty smart, actually!" Eventually I'm the senior guy. Now, begin a new job and start at the beginning again. Even with 20 years experience and a long list of successful shipped products, I still start every new job with the presumption, "probably an idiot."
- spectrum1234 9y agoDoes it really take this long though? I can tell in about a week how good someone is based upon how long it takes them to code certain features. Assuming they understand the codebase well of course. Some people take 15 times as long as others.
- farnsworthy 9y agoYes, there's an incredible lack of self-awareness and understanding out there, with regard to others.
- thfaway 9y ago>Typically, at first everyone assumes I'm an idiot. Idk man..Humble bragging aside, If every one thinks of you as an Idiot, How did you get the job in the first place then? Also, how do you infer other peoples perceptions? If at first everyone think of you as an Idiot, how do you get to work on hard problems? I think you are reading too much into what others are thinking of you. Probably, not every one works with you gives a shit about your "level"...