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Personally, I am more comfortable socializing benefits and privatizing (my own) mistakes. Which might not be the best way of phrasing it, but if someone else ma
by retox 6y ago
Personally, I am more comfortable socializing benefits and privatizing (my own) mistakes. Which might not be the best way of phrasing it, but if someone else made a mistake, whether it's widely known or just something I've been privy to, I'm happier saying that "there was a mistake" rather than pointing the finger. However if I made the mistake, I'm content to say it was something I personally did wrong, it either case I will follow up with the steps we can take to prevent it happening again.
Conversely, if I delivered something of noteworthy benefit for the project I will talk about it in terms of how 'we' achieved the success, and if it was someone else I will call them out by name and congratulate them on the solution.
This ethos is probably career limiting as a dev, but it does help me sleep soundly.