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I don't think it's counter-intuitive at all! Here's what I'm interpreting from your comment: * When you listened to expectations and met those expectations, yo
by Domenic_S 8y ago
I don't think it's counter-intuitive at all! Here's what I'm interpreting from your comment:
* When you listened to expectations and met those expectations, you were reviewed as meeting expectations
* When you met expectations PLUS did additional stuff, such as "spending a lot more time understanding basic fundamentals of software engineering", you exceeded expectations.
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me! Especially since becoming better at SE fundamentals probably made you an objectively better programmer.
- tenpoundhammer 8y agoThis is a great point, except when I was meeting expectations. I talked to my manager a lot about I how could exceed expectations and followed that advice then I was still told I meet expectations. I think it's often difficult for managers to describe how to exceed their expectations, it may be a natural human limitation.