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Deadlines are always negotiable. It's taken me so long to realize that people just want to know you're on top of something. Simply saying "This was deprioritiz
by gringoDan 5y ago
Deadlines are always negotiable.
It's taken me so long to realize that people just want to know you're on top of something. Simply saying "This was deprioritized this week/month/quarter in favor of other work, but I'm still on top of it" buys you a lot of trust.
My inclination is to deliver either good news or no news at all – I have to work to fight this.
- ryanianian 5y ago> Deadlines are always negotiable. If you already have trust from those who enforce the deadlines. As you point out, a deadline is an accountability mechanism. But if you're otherwise accountable and trustworthy, the deadline isn't really the metric that matters (most of the time).
- recursive 5y agoIf TurboTax 2021 comes out in 2023, there's no reason for it to exist. I don't work on tax software, but I do work on software that has to support externally specified processes that come into force on Specific Dates.