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Are You Too Good at Your Job?

Have you ever felt like you're excelling so much at your job that others expect you to take on extra tasks? Share your experiences and tips for balancing workload and expectations.


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Christophe Colombier • Edited

That's a funny question.

I think you may face people with impostor syndrome who may not reply, or being humble. You will also face savior complex. Then you will face people who made a burnout and would find your question strange 😀

First, there is no need to compete with other. I think a better approach would have been: "What are you proud of about your work?"

I'll follow the replies, I'm curious

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Christophe Colombier
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Christophe Colombier

maybe @vite551314 or @raymelon would be interested as you reacted to my comment

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Christophe Colombier • Edited

I'm good at coping with legacy code, and reducing by it over the time. It implies refactoring, migration, communication.

I also try to empower other Dev with new tool, such as linting or typos checks. I communicate about new tools, good practices, anti patterns...

I offer help to other when I think they could need but be afraid to ask.

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Sundus Hussain

Nothing is ever perfect.... But expecting too much is also greediness!!!
for some "less is more" while for few others "it's never ever more"