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Re: TW inferiority complexes again (was Re: What does Bugzilla look like in action? )
Subject:Re: TW inferiority complexes again (was Re: What does Bugzilla look like in action? ) From:TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:36:04 -0400
> >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.
Right. You can be pissy about it or you can do something about it. I
prefer the latter.
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