My Annual Review

[Ergeheilalt]

So I had my annual review today. First half was with my lead project manager and then the principle engineer came in at the last half.

The following tidbits were mentioned over the course of the interview:

Everyone likes working with you. You're the easiest person in the office to get along with.
You've probably made the largest jumps in intuition and knowledge of any first year junior engineer
We'd really like you to start running your own projects this next year
When we hire people, we're trying to figure out how to pick up on things that will indicate whether or not they're like you.


:boggle:

I come in, I do my work, I'm polite. I ask questions, I read books pertaining to whatever I'm working on. I occasionally take projects home on the weekend when I've blown the budget out of the water - all in all, I figured I was doing "okay".

Then they started talking turkey. I had gone in thinking "hmm, I probably won't get 10%, but I can talk them down to 5.0% and be making par with what MEs in the east bay are pulling in."

And then principle engineer opened with 10%.

:boggle:

Best birthday-annual-review combo evar!

:boogie:

[Dawnstar]

10% increase in today's climate is amazing. Congrats on a good review.

[Ancalagon]

Well done!

[Name Lips]

I come in, I do my work, I'm polite. I ask questions,
You'd like to think that was common, that this was the baseline where everybody started and to stand out you'd have to do more.

You'd be wrong. Especially on the asking questions part. Most people are afraid to admit ignorance, attempting to impress others with their ability to "figure everything out on their own" and then they panic when they hit something they can't figure out and don't want to admit their failure because they think they'll be thought of as stupid.

Bosses both hate and love the guy who refuses to leave the meeting until he actually understands everything. If you don't get it, ask questions until you do. Then you know your next 80 hours of work aren't being don incorrectly. If you spend an extra 2 hours asking question and it saves you from having to do the work 3 or 4 times, it saves everybody time and money.

Good show!

[Limper]

Good show man!

[AZRogue]

Great job! Congrats, amigo.

And Name Lips is right. Asking questions--one of the most basic and important things that we can do--is avoided by too many people. They either are afraid of not looking like they know it all, or worse, they already have formed opinions on things and now have their ego tied to their conclusions and so are resistant to learning correctly because that would be a direct blow to their self image and ego-worth that they've hitched to their supposed level of skill.

The truth is, we learn every day. You have to work hard to not learn, though too many people seem willing to apply the effort required.

Congratulations again.

[Lady Fury]

Congrats on a wonderful review. It's nice to hear about an employer that rewards it's employees for a job well done.

[Lady_Acoma]

Wait, people Get things for doing a good job? What kind of crazy world is it that you live in... I'm still trying to figure out who the best person to whore myself out for full time is.

[Harry]

I'm in the midst of having to compose several long form reviews, all designed by psychologists I'm pretty sure. None of them sound remotely like yours, even the good ones. But then, if I gave reviews like yours to my mostly female staff, I'd be brought up on harassment charges. Seriously, watch your back. Dude is hot for you.

[Morbidity]

Congrats on a wonderful review.

[Ergeheilalt]

I'm in the midst of having to compose several long form reviews, all designed by psychologists I'm pretty sure. None of them sound remotely like yours, even the good ones. But then, if I gave reviews like yours to my mostly female staff, I'd be brought up on harassment charges. Seriously, watch your back. Dude is hot for you.

:lol:

Boss man did make a surprise buttsecks joke during the interview, shocking both my project manager and I.

Now I'm worried.

[Droid101]

Psh. Whatevs. Engineers are pussies. Ever met an engeineer that could beat you up? Didn't think so.

[Dacke]

Psh. Whatevs. Engineers are pussies. Ever met an engeineer that could beat you up? Didn't think so.
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[Name Lips]

Remember, engineers are the ones designing the mechs.

To get back at the ones who beat them up in elementary school.

[Ergeheilalt]

Psh. Whatevs. Engineers are pussies. Ever met an engeineer that could beat you up? Didn't think so.

Says the gangley computer nerd. :rolleyes:

I need only 2 words.




Iron.Man.

:cool:

[Dr. Paragon]

Says the gangley computer nerd. :rolleyes:

I need only 2 words.




Iron.Man.

:cool:

I see your powersuit and raise you an:
EMP Burst.
(Yes, yes I know, I know... His suit is constatly sheilded by a cold plasma
magnetoflux layer, blah blah...)

[Janos]

Congrats man! Sounds like you earned it though.

[Pigs in Space]

Psh. Whatevs. Engineers are pussies. Ever met an engeineer that could beat you up? Didn't think so.

I could beat someone up, and I'm an engineer.



In fact, this is generally how my design meetings work.

[Morbidity]

Ahh so your avatar is actually you practicing on seals so you'll be in good shape for your next meeting. :)

[Name Lips]

Ahh so your avatar is actually you practicing on seals so you'll be in good shape for your next meeting. :)

No... that's a design meeting.

[Droid101]

In case you all thought I was serious, I was.

But seriously, grats (publicly).