Timeline for Does my workplace lack guidance or is it my lack of skills?
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| Nov 23, 2019 at 23:09 | comment | added | nick012000 | @DraganJuric “this is a task for someone with 10+ years of professional experience” Pr someone with no professional experience, but a postgraduate degree studying this specific area. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 10:32 | comment | added | Ivana | To be fair, recognizing objects in a videostream is doable within a day when someone is holding your hand. For example during a workshop showcasing some of the software involved. This can easily give the wrong impression that it is doable with little background knowledge without guidance from an experienced engineer. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 1:50 | comment | added | Aequitas | more like fighting mike tyson after 6 months swimming practice | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 21:24 | comment | added | Eric Seastrand | After more than a decade working in IT, I find that this sort of "magical wand thinking" is actually the norm, not the exception. It's a skill in and of itself -- being able to explain to your boss (or client) why the tool their golf buddy told them about isn't such a magic wand. The best developers I've met are pros at this, and I think this is a great opportunity for OP to hone that skill. (+1 for pointing that out) | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 19:46 | comment | added | Aaron F | yeah I completely agree with you (and +1ed) they don't sound like good bosses. Then again, startup owners rarely are. They tend to lack the training and experience required. I personally don't think that startup companies make good first jobs. They don't teach good habits. Better, IMHO, to go into a big, boring company to begin with and learn their big, boring processes, because those will stand you in good stead when you later work for a bunch of rich-kid jokers who don't have the first clue what they're doing. (yes, I'm projecting there quite a lot!! :-D ) | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 19:41 | comment | added | Dragan Juric | @AaronF : The boss might or might not be capable of picking up anything and getting it to work, but even if he is, that doesn't mean that a junior developer is equally capable. The boss must properly match the level of the task against the level of the employee. | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 19:37 | comment | added | Mepix | +1 for the magic wand thinking. As a mechanical engineer who wound up in robotics, I sympathize with OP. There are a lot of people who don't understand TensorFlow and treat the toolkit as a magic wand instead of a useful building block of a software system. That being said, learning the tool can be very useful and rewarding as long as the OP clearly communicates the challenges and progress to management. | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 19:33 | comment | added | Aaron F | oh, unless: the bosses could be the type of people who can pick up anything without guidance? If they are, then they could assume that everyone else is the same as they are, and are thinking: "anything is possible with a computer and an internet connection!" (I must admit, I used to be a little like that when it came to programming: I'd think "How hard can it be? It's just a list of instructions. Anyone can do it if they really want to! I remember when there wasn't even an internet to look things up on!" and so on) It could be that they don't even know OP's struggling? | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 19:28 | comment | added | Aaron F | I both agree and disagree with different bits of this answer. There are certain people who will pick up anything that's thrown at them. They might say "oh this looks complicated - it'll take me a few days/weeks/months to figure out" but they get right into the task and they work it out. There are other types of people who require constant guidance. And then most people in between the two extremes - once given some instructions they can do it on their own. I agree with your assessment of the bosses, though! | |
| Nov 21, 2019 at 15:57 | history | answered | Dragan Juric | CC BY-SA 4.0 |