> Last month was Pat’s performance review, and after receiving a low score from his manager, Pat incredulously argued: > > “I’m one of the best programmers i

> Last month was Pat’s performance review, and after receiving a low score from his manager, Pat incredulously argued: > > “I’m one of the best programmers in this department! If Pat made it to the "performance review" thinking he was a great developer while his manager was thinking otherwise, then the issue is Pat's manager not providing actionable feedback in a timely manner. From there it's easy to hypothesize that the "deadlines" are given to him rather than discussed, and that maybe he's cutting corners to try and meet them.