Re:Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work person...
by keb_ on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:23AM
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This is my framework:
1. Acknowledge to myself that I don't know everything. Do the work to the best of my abilities.
2. Anticipate criticism with the optimism that I will learn something from it
3. Receive the criticism, and take time to really understand it. If I don't understand, I ask questions until I do understand. If I do not believe it is better than my solution, I make my point the best I can.
Part 3 is the tricky part because communication is hard. But all team members have to discuss in good faith and understand that the team is more than the sum of its parts; each opinion should hold equal weight (even if its between a junior engineer, and a team lead).
1. Acknowledge to myself that I don't know everything. Do the work to the best of my abilities.
2. Anticipate criticism with the optimism that I will learn something from it
3. Receive the criticism, and take time to really understand it. If I don't understand, I ask questions until I do understand. If I do not believe it is better than my solution, I make my point the best I can.
Part 3 is the tricky part because communication is hard. But all team members have to discuss in good faith and understand that the team is more than the sum of its parts; each opinion should hold equal weight (even if its between a junior engineer, and a team lead).