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re: Do you voluntarily develop long-term projects on the job?
Subject:re: Do you voluntarily develop long-term projects on the job? From:Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
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john "da man" posada asks:
Does anyone [work on long term projects]? If so, do you tell anyone or do you surprise them with this?
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The only projects that I've done were with templates and writing proposals for a variety of things. I've also spent some time writing Javascripts to improve our help system. I did all of these as time permitted and I usually just started working without telling anyone.
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If you've done this, what has been the reaction of your management. Do
they like this/ Do they mind not having been informed every step? This is the third time I'm doing something like this here and my manager loves it.
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from "don't waste your time on this" to "good idea but not feasible" to "hey that's a cool idea". Now, at a previous job, I never would have done this because management would have viewed it as being upity or a real threat to them. So, I would think how management reacts to your inititive would depend on who's in management at your workplace.
But what I want to know, John, is why YOU are asking this question. I mean, you're like initiative guy! You should be a master at this sort of thing by now and should be giving advice to us! :-)
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