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Subject:re: dreaded part of the job From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:25:14 -0700
Diane inquired:
> How about demeaning comments? When I finished my first SDK, the development
> team commented, "Wow, this looks really professional!"
>
> Like I would write something unprofessional?
Where I come from, that's called a compliment.
Accepting one gracefully is a valuable social skill, one which seems to
evade some people. Puzzling.
-Keith Cronin
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