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I think honest praise is definitely great and as engineers we are often way too negative with each other. But I hate it when people (often in management) are f
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I think honest praise is definitely great and as engineers we are often way too negative with each other.
But I hate it when people (often in management) are fake positive and give a ton of praise that ultimately doesn't mean anything.
- AcerbicZero 8y agoI think your spot on here. Constructive criticism and genuine praise from fellow engineers is great, but having management jumping in to celebrate comically minor things just highlights how out of touch they are, and how worthless their praise truly is.
- mercutio2 8y agoThis is highly variable. Some people actively desire appreciation for small things, and miss it when it's absent. Other people find appreciation for small accomplishments distasteful. One small job for good managers is to figure out who their people are (on this, and a thousand other axes). But be careful not to assume everyone feels the way you do about compliments from management.
- RootReducer 8y agoAgreed. It's well-studied that heaping praise on mediocre accomplishments diminishes the effectiveness of future compliments.
- swsieber 8y ago> Accomplishments Effort on the other hand (iirc) is quite good to compliment.