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In my head, it went like this: Mgmt: Can we do this? Eng: Yes, but... Mgmt: [Tunes out after Yes] Do it Saying 'No' instead of 'Yes, but' is hard but a reall
by fredley 7y ago
In my head, it went like this:
Mgmt: Can we do this?
Eng: Yes, but...
Mgmt: [Tunes out after Yes] Do it
Saying 'No' instead of 'Yes, but' is hard but a really valuable ability.
- dragonwriter 7y agoI've seen that work out the opposite way, where “Yes, but” gets the part after “but” listened to, and “No, because” with a reason that isn't really a can’t be done reason but a cost to consider gets you not only ignored on the specific point but also frozen out of being involved in business and upper management contact because you are seen as projecting an air of laziness/inflexibility.