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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by La_Beffa on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:57AM (#18494760)
Cannot agree more, this is a life lesson that should be taught in school. Especially in medium/large companies where you got rewards like promotions, bonuses and so on, then your colleagues are competitors. Pretty much like politics, the one over promising and under delivering wins over the quiet one that delivers.
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by pitt1980 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:09AM (#18494885)
exactly how much to promise is an art form

over promising and under delivering isn't a sustainable model

under promising too much and you won't get the chance to deliver

there's a sweet spot somewhere in there, which can be sometimes tricky to find

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by Devils_Avocado on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:30PM (#18495633)
...if everyone is over-promising & you're confident in your delivery, all you need to do is "promise" something between what is expected & over-promised in order to "under-promise".../ ,,, ... ,,, ...
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by dawidw on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:27AM (#18495060)
Is it a poem or you're just missing capital letters and punctuation?
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by pitt1980 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:35AM (#18495137)
just missing capital letters and punctuation (maybe stream of consciousness posting isn't the way to go)
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by dawidw on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:58AM (#18495334)
Are you aware that it's difficult to get your message from such form and some people might ignore your posts?
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people by pitt1980 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:04PM (#18495409)
I guess that's a risk, opaqueness was not my intention, thank you for the heads up.
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