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TW inferiority complexes again (was Re: What does Bugzilla look like in action? )
Subject:TW inferiority complexes again (was Re: What does Bugzilla look like in action? ) From:"Janet Swisher" <swisher -at- enthought -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:53:28 -0500
Chuck Martin wrote:
>Nora Merhar wrote:
>>I
>> really can't figure out where all this TW inferiority-complex stuff keeps
>> coming from.
>Oh, and you want to know where it came from? Well, I have a project plan
>in-hand at this very moment for a project that's underway. Amazingly,
>three are line items for documentation. Also amazingly, there are work
>estimates for those line items. Amazing because I was never asked to
>scope out my part of the project. The numbers were pulled from thin air.
Gosh me too. Do I feel inferior because of this? No, I see it as evidence
that the project manager (who just started work here a month or so ago)
needs to be educated. It's a reflection on him, and a challenge for me, but
not a reflection on me. My ego and attitude are just fine about it.
Inferiority comes from within.
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Janet Swisher
Senior Technical Writer
Enthought, Inc.
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