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I was guilty of this in 2019 and got burned on my review (appropriately). Part of my challenge is figuring out when I need to voice a problem vs. when I need t

by jcims 7y ago

I was guilty of this in 2019 and got burned on my review (appropriately). Part of my challenge is figuring out when I need to voice a problem vs. when I need to work through it. I tried the latter and it kept failing because a vendor we had involved turned out to be a turd. In retrospect I should have said this project smells like shit back in April and threw away a quarter of a million vs. doubling down. We ultimately delivered something at the end of the year, but it's not ideal and I exhausted my team in the process. Part of my issue is that I spent most of my formative years working in a very small company or for myself, and I never really developed an understanding of how all this comes together. Past few years have been a crash course and I'm hoping to have corrected things a good bit for next year.

wiz21c 7y ago
> I was guilty of this in 2019 and got burned on my review (appropriately). ??? So you basically didn't fight during your review. And now : "hoping to have corrected things". What's your plan ? I hope you did find the previous sentence offending. It's exactly what my toxic boss is doing with me every day. That's not feedback, that's throwing one in the water to see if he swims and finding that if he drowns then, bah, he was not cut for the job.
- mc3 7y ago
  I had a review like that, and I didn't fight. I quit. Why was I such a wimp? Well I figure what is the point of that battle? Some people have deranged thinking and it's not my job to turn around that juggernaut. I'd rather focus on finding and working for a better boss.
  - jcims 7y ago
    That's not being a wimp, quitting isn't an easy option either. Sounds like you assessed the situation and made the choice that was best for you. In my case, I have no complaints with the way my boss handled things, so I'm still here chugging away.
- jcims 7y ago
  Not sure I'm tracking your question. My lack of decisiveness in shutting down and/or drawing laser focus to the water filling the bilge of the aforementioned project was the issue. I've been in industry for 25 years, I think there's a fair expectation that I should have this shit sorted out by now and accepted my lumps. Pointing the fingers at shitty vendors or internal processes now is too late. I'm not much of a planner to be honest. Strategy will be to communicate delivery risks to a level outside of my comfort zone and see what happens. If someone has a good way of measuring this I'm all ears.
codeisawesome 7y ago
It's crazy that there's hardly any training (outside a professional MBA, perhaps?) about how to handle these things, it's really sink or swim while playing with millions of $ and many peoples' careers.
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by jcims 7y ago

wiz21c 7y ago

> I was guilty of this in 2019 and got burned on my review (appropriately). ??? So you basically didn't fight during your review. And now : "hoping to have corrected things". What's your plan ? I hope you did find the previous sentence offending. It's exactly what my toxic boss is doing with me every day. That's not feedback, that's throwing one in the water to see if he swims and finding that if he drowns then, bah, he was not cut for the job.

mc3 7y ago
I had a review like that, and I didn't fight. I quit. Why was I such a wimp? Well I figure what is the point of that battle? Some people have deranged thinking and it's not my job to turn around that juggernaut. I'd rather focus on finding and working for a better boss.
- jcims 7y ago
  That's not being a wimp, quitting isn't an easy option either. Sounds like you assessed the situation and made the choice that was best for you. In my case, I have no complaints with the way my boss handled things, so I'm still here chugging away.
jcims 7y ago
Not sure I'm tracking your question. My lack of decisiveness in shutting down and/or drawing laser focus to the water filling the bilge of the aforementioned project was the issue. I've been in industry for 25 years, I think there's a fair expectation that I should have this shit sorted out by now and accepted my lumps. Pointing the fingers at shitty vendors or internal processes now is too late. I'm not much of a planner to be honest. Strategy will be to communicate delivery risks to a level outside of my comfort zone and see what happens. If someone has a good way of measuring this I'm all ears.

codeisawesome 7y ago

It's crazy that there's hardly any training (outside a professional MBA, perhaps?) about how to handle these things, it's really sink or swim while playing with millions of $ and many peoples' careers.

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