Does your boss give you feedback?
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Usually, as already stated a couple of others, no news is good news. However, I have been in situations before where the feedback I think should have been given to me straight away. Instead, it was sat on until the next formal review took place, so my review results were impacted in a bad way. My current boss though is really great - we've just started a working breakfast each week or two, where we can discuss the general happenings in the business and kind of review each other as well, so that we can improve where we can. So from my experiences, I'd ask for some sort of feedback on how you are going. Given what you say they mentioned in the interview, it sounds like that it will go over really really well as it will show an enthusiasm to your job, and they really shouldn't be able to fault you for wanting to improve yourself and skills. I can remember what it is like coming out of uni into your first full time job. I know that I would do things a bit differently if I could go back and change things at my first out of uni job!
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Thanks for the responses everyone. Think I will have an informal chat with him about it on Monday. Would prob be best to keep it casual I think? I am not so much interested in the promotion prospects I may have as I will be getting a load of responsibility in the future as its a very small company, 6 employees only, and everyone is pretty much responsible for everything. Plus because its such a small company there aren't any roles to be promoted in to ;) But I do need to know whether I am on the right track and meeting expectations, so will have a chat over coffee or something on Monday. Cheers Ian.
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I am asking this because I have just started a junior role as an asp/vb.net developer after coming out of Uni. I had no previous experience of anything .net related although I did have a bit of sql server and power builder development in a summer job, stored procedure writing and such like. My employer knows my lack of knowledge with regards to .net and in the interview was very helpful and said enthusiasm for the work was the important thing, which I must have demonstrated as they employed me! :D Now I have been here 2 months working well, or I think working well, but they have offered me no feedback on whether they are happy with the way things are going or if my code is ok. The work I am doing is great and I am learning a lot, but there is nothing from my manager to say what I am doing is ok. I mean I guess I should be a little more confident in my own abilities and work, but not knowing vb.net before I started I am a little unsure as to what they expected from me and whether I am meeting those expectations. I am prob being a little paranoid about it all too! :D I don’t really want to go up to them and say “Am I doing ok and meeting your expectations?” as it seems a bit naff. Do other people do this? I would be extremely interested to hear other peoples takes on this and what they have found in other employment situations. The other jobs I have had have all been temporary so this is all new for me :D Cheers Ian
Hi, I'm a software development manager for a small business and I understand how you are feeling. Different managers have different styles and unfortunatly some can lack training on people managment. Being about to give and, just as important, receive feedback is crucial for a department to run effectivly. Here is my advice to you: a) maybe say to your manager, "what do you think to this?" or "do you like the way this is works?". You need to gain feedback whether positive or negative as soon as possible as you don't want to be in the situation where another two months down the line the manager turns around and says what you've done is wrong. b) Is your manager approchable? Not sure? Then test the water. See what his reaction is like. You may find that they are cool then you can develop the relationship from there. c) if manager is not approachable then how about talking to HR or another senior management person. Hope this helps Sion
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Senseicads wrote:
I don’t really want to go up to them and say “Am I doing ok and meeting your expectations?” as it seems a bit naff. Do other people do this?
There is nothing wrong with doing this, Actually it may even impress your boss. It shows that you care, and that you want to know if you're meeting their quality expectations or if there is somewhere you should improve. It can feel a bit weird, but i've done plenty of times! of course he usually replies back: ----------------------------------------- Boss: yes its great... but what if we do it this way!.... Me:.... yeah i could do that... it means i have to go back and completly rewrite what i just showed yet, but yes it certainly is possible
I agree on this one, I started doing this in the past few months and it's given me a more confident feeling of my performance and it also helped me a lot to achieve more.
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
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Does your company do source code reviews? If not you may want to suggest doing them. I find that a lot of good feedback is given in those reviews. Then you can gauge how you are doing by the number and type of comments you are receiving on your code. Phil
I personally think that code isn't the only thing that counts when looking at work performance. They should look at how you communicate and work together as a team as well. Code is all fine and well, but doesn't mean much in the end.
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
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I am asking this because I have just started a junior role as an asp/vb.net developer after coming out of Uni. I had no previous experience of anything .net related although I did have a bit of sql server and power builder development in a summer job, stored procedure writing and such like. My employer knows my lack of knowledge with regards to .net and in the interview was very helpful and said enthusiasm for the work was the important thing, which I must have demonstrated as they employed me! :D Now I have been here 2 months working well, or I think working well, but they have offered me no feedback on whether they are happy with the way things are going or if my code is ok. The work I am doing is great and I am learning a lot, but there is nothing from my manager to say what I am doing is ok. I mean I guess I should be a little more confident in my own abilities and work, but not knowing vb.net before I started I am a little unsure as to what they expected from me and whether I am meeting those expectations. I am prob being a little paranoid about it all too! :D I don’t really want to go up to them and say “Am I doing ok and meeting your expectations?” as it seems a bit naff. Do other people do this? I would be extremely interested to hear other peoples takes on this and what they have found in other employment situations. The other jobs I have had have all been temporary so this is all new for me :D Cheers Ian
You should be getting 6 weekly reviews, also to give you a chance to talk over things concerning you. Elaine :rose:
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I am asking this because I have just started a junior role as an asp/vb.net developer after coming out of Uni. I had no previous experience of anything .net related although I did have a bit of sql server and power builder development in a summer job, stored procedure writing and such like. My employer knows my lack of knowledge with regards to .net and in the interview was very helpful and said enthusiasm for the work was the important thing, which I must have demonstrated as they employed me! :D Now I have been here 2 months working well, or I think working well, but they have offered me no feedback on whether they are happy with the way things are going or if my code is ok. The work I am doing is great and I am learning a lot, but there is nothing from my manager to say what I am doing is ok. I mean I guess I should be a little more confident in my own abilities and work, but not knowing vb.net before I started I am a little unsure as to what they expected from me and whether I am meeting those expectations. I am prob being a little paranoid about it all too! :D I don’t really want to go up to them and say “Am I doing ok and meeting your expectations?” as it seems a bit naff. Do other people do this? I would be extremely interested to hear other peoples takes on this and what they have found in other employment situations. The other jobs I have had have all been temporary so this is all new for me :D Cheers Ian