Timeline for How do you expose your need for team interaction without sounding like a slacker?
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| Dec 22, 2014 at 14:47 | comment | added | Dave Johnson | @ravemir (old thread, I know) if that is the case, you should make the question more clear. It comes off as a rant about how you do not want to do an undesirable task. Quite frankly, your comment makes the question much more reasonable. It is hard to be isolated, and it is not unreasonable to ask that your workspace is at least around others working on similar projects (i.e. other developers, other accountants, etc.). | |
| Dec 22, 2014 at 14:44 | history | edited | Dave Johnson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2014 at 10:39 | comment | added | ravemir | My question was actually referring to how to articulate this aspect of myself: that I work better with peers, even if they are not working on the same specific task as me (same project, or hell, even the same subject will do) | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 20:51 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | Documenting stuff may happen a lot, but I don't think it's productive to put a single person on "documenting stuff" for four months, especially not when they haven't worked on the project at all and neither has any colleague. No feedback, no achievements, no way to tell if you're doing it right, I can't imagine anyone doing a good job on such a task. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 16:55 | history | edited | Joe Strazzere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2014 at 16:49 | comment | added | Martin F | The edit had no relation to your answer being off the mark. OP is asking how to communicate, not how to be lazy. It may be that OP is "missing the point" but if you ignore the stated question and assume something else is more important, you really should be a lot more polite/humble about. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 16:37 | comment | added | Dave Johnson | @martinf Actually, I was, but he (she?) changed it. The original question was basically "how do I get management to make this a team assignment without sounding like a slacker?" With the edit, the OP clarified that s/he always prefers a team environment, not just for undesirable projects. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 16:35 | comment | added | Martin F | You are not answering the question! | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:54 | comment | added | ravemir | Thanks for advice! Part of me is just afraid I am losing my flow for the last months, I guess... | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:46 | comment | added | Dave Johnson | @ravemir: Every company has demotivational projects on the back burner. That tends to be specifically why they are on that back burner. And, as you have found, they are perfect to hand off to interns, since no one else wants to do them. Many times projects do not require a team. I think your best bet is to succeed at this crappy project, and when you are finished point out that while you are obviously capable of single-person projects, you greatly prefer the team environment. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | ravemir | Also, I don't have a particular problem with documenting stuff (especially not software projects): it's the fact that it's a stale, abandoned project that makes it unmotivating. Basically, stare at this old box nobody cares about and describe everything you see. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 14:39 | comment | added | ravemir | I think I phrased the question wrong: how can I say that I work best in a team environment without sounding like it's an excuse to get someone to take my work? | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:10 | history | answered | Dave Johnson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |