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Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers by le-mark on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:02AM (#14470386)
> I have quite a bit of experience. And I do things fast if I need to. I just don't do them fast just for the sake of it, so I try to be seen as "meeting the targets" as well as "meeting expectations".

Also meet targets your boss cares about. Don't be a miracle worker, you have to manage expectations. In large organizations I can always point to other teams shortcomings, or organizational inefficiencies as reasons for slow progress and delays.

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Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers by ThomaszKrueger on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:10AM (#14470441)
Yes, absolutely do what your boss expects. But one can be a miracle worker just for so long. In reality you are moving your baseline upwards, and the day you stop being a miracle worker you become a slacker.
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