Ask HN: How to deal with incompetent people

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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