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    Question Techies, how do you know you are a good performer at work?

    What makes you think that you are a good performer at work? Do others think so? If so, why?

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    What makes you think that you are a good performer at work? Do others think so? If so, why?
    The awards on my dresser, no... the paycheck compared to others on my team
    Most would say yes..
    Perform at a different level.. duh

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    Most techies boss aren't savvy into what we do, so we usually have to pat ourselves on the back for good days work, or when a project is completed ahead of time. We set our own goals and try to achieve them.
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    How do you justify your value to the organization then? How do they know you are pulling your weight?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bl@ze View Post


    what can i say............................
    LOL funny yet true. My boss ain't got a clue as to what I'm doing but at the end of the day I ask myself what have I accomplished here... then add it to my resume

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    Quote Originally Posted by KoyoteGambit View Post
    Most techies boss aren't savvy into what we do, so we usually have to pat ourselves on the back for good days work, or when a project is completed ahead of time. We set our own goals and try to achieve them.
    Yep 100% agree...only way my boss know what Im doing is if I mark my projects as complete. So what I do to kinda offset that and show that Im productive is take on projects myself without suggestion/initiation from anyone...which can be agood thing and a bad thing...I recently took on this project my self to audit the security the companies public drive...over 200,000 folders, over 500,000 files, got them to purchase a 1200USD program to help with the reporting though so they must be taking me seriously
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    Quote Originally Posted by kilaj1 View Post
    got them to purchase a 1200USD program to help with the reporting though so they must be taking me seriously
    kilaj beg u a smalls nuh cuz u soun like u a di boss

    Koyote is absolutely right most boss are savvy into what they do so we have to set our own goals and see how best we can achieve them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackCryptoKnight View Post
    How do you justify your value to the organization then? How do they know you are pulling your weight?
    Simply knowing that you try to or actually do make a positive difference to productivity,efficiency,etc in your sphere of work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arcanum View Post
    Simply knowing that you try to or actually do make a positive difference to productivity,efficiency,etc in your sphere of work.
    You can't answer a question "how do you know" by saying "simply knowing".

    Let's put it another way. If your company was having a cost cutting excercise, and they were looking at reducing the staff complement by eliminating some positions, changing the organization structure etc. How would you prove to the organization that the work you do, and you as an employee are valuable to the organization? What would make them believe that you have been a good performer? What justification would there be to keep you on in light of the job cuts?

    Recognize that your perception and others perceptions are not always the same.

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