Comments on: Fear of Success

By: Marisa Seal

Marisa Seal — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:04:44 +0000

Wow Shannon – that is a great synopsis/analogy. I’ve encountered that situation a few times before…and it’s pretty disappointing. Thank goodness I’m at a different kind of company now! Best of luck to you!

By: Shannon T.

Shannon T. — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:27:55 +0000

“The mediocre will always defend that status quo.” And the sad part about it is that mediocre is the majority in most organizations. Like an ice berg the best and brightest is only a small fraction. The brightest end of spending all their time fighting the mass of the iceberg(mediocrity) and either assimilate to stay sane or leave for something that might be a little better. The bigger the company the bigger the iceberg. This is what I’m going through now.

By: Daniel Brown

Daniel Brown — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:45:35 +0000

Or (somehow) worse…incompetent.

By: Daniel Brown

Daniel Brown — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:09:51 +0000

Thanks Josh! That’s an excellent analysis of the situation with many companies. They fear the truth. If the truth ever comes out, they might be exposed for charlatans.

By: Devon Smith

Devon Smith — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:22:05 +0000

I agree that sometimes changing the status quo can be more intimidating and daunting than the process we know. But I also think some reluctance comes from believing that this time, it will work. That optimism is a bit foreign to testers, but seems to be central to developers. It is like writers who are buried in their creative flow and have a hard time making time for an editor.

See my post: http://ladybug010.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/developers-a-ray-of-sunshine/