It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I more and more understand how recognition works. I use to be the kind of guys that did everything, doing extra hours to makes everything works smoothly. But the thing is if you do your job well, no one will notice you did anything.
Now I focus on visible things. I always over-evaluate my projects and let some easily fixable issues there and there to show how reactive I am.
Evaluate a 6 month project and deliver everything perfectly working in 7 month, you will just be yelled at for being late.
Evaluate the same project to 9 month. Deliver in 8, get feedback and fix the last issues in last month, everyone will be happy and will notice how reactive you are and how good your support is.
It’s not possible to apply this strategy in all domains, but it works for me. I always have very good appreciation from my management and regularly have bonus.
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It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I more and more understand how recognition works. I use to be the kind of guys that did everything, doing extra hours to makes everything works smoothly. But the thing is if you do your job well, no one will notice you did anything.
Now I focus on visible things. I always over-evaluate my projects and let some easily fixable issues there and there to show how reactive I am.
Evaluate a 6 month project and deliver everything perfectly working in 7 month, you will just be yelled at for being late.
Evaluate the same project to 9 month. Deliver in 8, get feedback and fix the last issues in last month, everyone will be happy and will notice how reactive you are and how good your support is.
It’s not possible to apply this strategy in all domains, but it works for me. I always have very good appreciation from my management and regularly have bonus.