News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help.

Re:Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help by johncole on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:52AM (#14711283)
I could have used this advice 10 years ago. This is a great article to pass on to folks new to the working world. I don't know what other working environments are like, but I appreciate people that keep the venting to a minimum. You can easily frame yourself as the complainer, deserved or not, if you use this one too much.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help by city41 on Thursday July 06, 2017 @12:59PM (#14711854)
Venting to your manager seems mostly counterproductive to me. I'd argue rather than vent you should at the very least identify the problem and potential solutions.

Even in scrum, when doing a retro, they don't call them "negatives" but "deltas", implying don't just complain, look for a solution.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help by arti-fact on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:06PM (#14711924)
Exactly. If venting can be converted into identifying a problem and looking for a solution, then it can a good thing. Venting often? There may be a larger issue to tackle here.
[ Parent | on HN ]