one single programmer

I've started doing some independent work on the side. This has opened my eyes to somethings and I plan to write about it as time permits.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

review time

            I find the review process interesting.  It really shows the character of both sides of the process.  For all the years I’ve been giving and receiving reviews I’ve noticed basically 3 types of people.  Simply put they are the negative, neutral and positive.  So the negative is the type that no matter how well the year went, no matter how well you did that year you will never be seen as a success.  There are always things to work on and until you do that you won’t succeed.  The neutral remains on the fence neither being positive nor negative but giving a good mixture of both.  The positive won’t say poop if she had a mouth full of it.  They can’t be confrontational and will avoid saying something negative in fear of ever upsetting someone.  Of course the receiver’s mood plays a big role on what part of the scale the giver falls on.  I know in some jobs I’m so negative myself that even the positive person would come off as negative. 

 

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