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Well, if it makes you feel any better: I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I still feel like the expectations placed on me are far above my capabilities - bu
by commandlinefan 8y ago
Well, if it makes you feel any better: I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and I still feel like the expectations placed on me are far above my capabilities - but they’re also far above the capabilities of anybody I’ve ever worked with. They’ll always try to demand more out of you than you or anybody else can possibly deliver, and be genuinely disappointed when you can’t work miracles all day, every day. Just do the best work you can do, knowing that you’re doing the best work you can do, and you’ll get a little better every day.
- grp000 8y agoThank you for posting this. Sometimes it feels like those demanding results expect someone who can create a world overnight or spin gold out of air. It's easy to acknowledge that at some level all professional relationships are adversarial, but when talking to others, there is sometimes the incredulous sense that as co-workers you should make every effort to collaborate and speak as honestly as possible to maximise the quality of the product, but interpersonal politics of personal gain throw that idea down the toilet.
- Aeolun 8y agoObviously they would always prefer you to spin gold out of air, but I’ve found that most are perfectly happy if you find a way to turn lead into gold too.