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My manager at my internship over the summer used it on me once in a while, when I was in way over my head. Prior to the summer I was mostly a web developer, and
by shakeel_mohamed 14y ago
My manager at my internship over the summer used it on me once in a while, when I was in way over my head.
Prior to the summer I was mostly a web developer, and I was throw into debugging legacy application from the 1980's written in C.
In this situation, it's either a miscommunication or a poor management technique. What do you think?
- frozenport 14y agoIf you came through then its good management. If you didn't come through, but you didn't waste the companies time as much as the alternative, then it was also good management. If it encouraged you to bite off more then you could chew, and you failed then it was bad. The people I supervise aren't programmers (graphic design artists) and they sometimes need to be reminded to act like professionals and solve their own problems. I sometimes feel that most of my job is tricking them into doing their work. To this end giving them self-confidence is an effective technique.
- shakeel_mohamed 14y agoFair point, I think all employees need some kind of motivation to get their work done. >If it encouraged you to bite off more then you could chew, and you failed then it was bad. The management wasn't consistently in touch with me, no clear direction on the project, etc. Quite frankly, I ended up sitting at my desk for weeks at a time doing absolutely nothing because I was so in over my head. I appreciate you taking the time to respond, thank you :)