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What could have caused you and the other one to not get any votes, at the previous workplace? I'm guessing it was not work performance or anything like that (The votes were publicly announced -- and also who had voted?)
It can be something simple like having work with more visible impact
Here is one I received last year: https://github.com/susam/uncap/issues/9 . The comment began with, "I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful software." It made my day! The GitHub user interface should encourage this as a feature.
> Did restic help you today? Did it make you happy in any way?
https://github.com/restic/restic/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_T...
> Did restic help you today? Did it make you happy in any way?
https://github.com/restic/restic/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_T...
Not sure if it actually works, but I think it might prime people into a more positive mindset.
On a similar note I loved that emails from Readmill came from pleasereply@readmill.com as a contrast to the usual user hostile noreply addresses most companies use.
Github should natively cook in a project/user based tipping system to help people show their appreciation. This feels lazy to say but I know for a fact I would send tips way more frequently if they made tipping a one click experience. I know there are third party tools that let projects cook tip functionality into their projects. With how difficult it is to find time to write open source software alone, time put towa…
Here is one I received last year: https://github.com/susam/uncap/issues/9 . The comment began with, "I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful software." It made my day! The GitHub user interface should encourage this as a feature.
Taking this opportunity to say Thank you as well! I've been using it for years on all of my machines, such a great piece of software, didn't expect to see it on here
I’ve learned that when I have a positive thought about someone, it’s generally worth communicating it. If I think a coworker saved me on some project, I tell them. If my partner is making me feel warm and fuzzy, I tell her. If someone impresses me, I say so. I don’t think people express these things nearly as often as they feel them, and I expect that many of the positive things that do end up communicated have anoth…
I’ve learned that when I have a positive thought about someone, it’s generally worth communicating it. If I think a coworker saved me on some project, I tell them. If my partner is making me feel warm and fuzzy, I tell her. If someone impresses me, I say so. I don’t think people express these things nearly as often as they feel them, and I expect that many of the positive things that do end up communicated have anoth…
> I don’t think people express these things nearly as often as they feel them, and I expect that many of the positive things that do end up communicated have another motive behind them. I have the displeasure of working with a team member who does the exact opposite: at every chance he gets, he expressed his displeasure regarding other team members to management. Once I confronted him about that behavior and he state…