Feedback = Growth!
Feedback is equal to growth!This is the story of a junior programmer – let’s call him Kumar. Kumar is given the responsibility to develop a new feature and after working day and night, he finishes the assignment ahead of time and presents the feature to his team. He is happy and confident.
After his presentation, he receives some comments -
“Have you considered the edge cases – what happens when the user adds a large file?” – asks the QA manager.
“The code looks messy with some redundancy. Do you think we can clean it up a bit?” – says one of the senior programmers.
“I would like you to rethink the user experience. It does not look very user-friendly to me” – comments the team lead.
To Kumar, such comments feel like a personal attack. He has put his heart and soul into the assignment, and he feels that he is not being appreciated. His manager senses his discomfort.
After the meeting, he meets Kumar one-on-one, walks him through each suggestion and highlights the areas of improvement. He also brainstorms solutions with him. As the meeting progresses, Kumar’s disappointment morphs into greater understanding. He works on every feedback to build a more elegant, robust, and user-friendly feature. His next presentation to the team receives a round of applause.
Well, there is no failure, only feedback!
“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”
– Bill Gates
I have always believed that constructive feedback is a gift. It is a chance to identify weaknesses and improve, and every such opportunity can be best used to analyze work objectively and achieve excellence.
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