Why do you suck at juggling now?
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Why do you suck at juggling now?
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Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#2I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not like there is _that_ much systems design to go around at work that it would actually be noticeable.
What do senior developers say they'll work on improving in their performance reviews?
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#3I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not lik…
Like every other such question, simply make up whatever they want to hear
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#4I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not lik…
Soft skills, mostly - you just find things that you're weak on (since you know enough to know where you suck) and just work on those.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#5I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not lik…
Like every other such question, simply make up whatever they want to hear
Ask Claude to choose a set of improvements that it would rate highly.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#6I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not lik…
Just tell him you are working on juggling 5 balls.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#7I've been working as a software developer for about ten years, and I've started to get a little annoyed when my manager asks me what I'm gonna work on improving this year. Like what can I say? That I'll try get better at coding? That I'll get better at project management? At some point the marginal utility is just not there anymore. Even if I did get twice as good (whatever that means) at systems design, it's not lik…
Like all such metrics, the specifics don't really matter. All that matters is that you can tell a story, over the course of the year, on how you've "improved". The goal is to use the story to highlight the work you've been doing while passing it off as evidence. This kind of story telling is something people in management positions tend to be very good at but it's also a skill people not in management should have some proficiency in.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#8What's more shocking to me is asking a person that is not even an acquaintance why they suck at juggling now.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like every other such question, simply make up whatever they want to hear
Ask Claude to choose a set of improvements that it would rate highly.
LLMs really shine at speeding up corporate bureaucratic busy-work and nonsense.
We’re in a golden era when same busy work has not yet expanded due to LLM influence. Let’s appreciate it while it lasts.
Re: Why do you suck at juggling now?
#10Whoop
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