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How do I tell my manager that I'm not the right person to finish this project?
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I have been working on a project for several months. For the last several weeks, I have constantly been feeling as if I were about one bug away from having it finished. Each fix reveals one new issue I hadn't thought of.
I am not stuck; I have plenty of new ideas that I can try to get things working. I just do not believe that I will be able to complete it in a reasonable time (indeed, that I have already spent an unreasonable amount of time working at it). There is no deadline (or any other sort of management, really), but I believe it would be better for the company if someone smarter or better than me would take over.
How do I have a productive conversation with my manager about this? I'd like to come to the table with ideas for how to prevent this situation in the future (e.g. "I think we should timebox the next project up front, and check in at least weekly after the deadline," "I'll give you an initial design overview so we can verify I have the right idea about where to go."), but I definitely don't want to turn it into "I failed because you didn't manage me well."
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I have been working on a project for several months. For the last several weeks, I have constantly been feeling as if I were about one bug away from having it finished. Each fix reveals one new issue I hadn't thought of.
I am not stuck; I have plenty of new ideas that I can try to get things working. I just do not believe that I will be able to complete it in a reasonable time (indeed, that I have already spent an unreasonable amount of time working at it). There is no deadline (or any other sort of management, really), but I believe it would be better for the company if someone smarter or better than me would take over.
How do I have a productive conversation with my manager about this? I'd like to come to the table with ideas for how to prevent this situation in the future (e.g. "I think we should timebox the next project up front, and check in at least weekly after the deadline," "I'll give you an initial design overview so we can verify I have the right idea about where to go."), but I definitely don't want to turn it into "I failed because you didn't manage me well."
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Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
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I have been working on a project for several months. For the last several weeks, I have constantly been feeling as if I were about one bug away from having it finished. Each fix reveals one new issue I hadn't thought of.
I am not stuck; I have plenty of new ideas that I can try to get things working. I just do not believe that I will be able to complete it in a reasonable time (indeed, that I have already spent an unreasonable amount of time working at it). There is no deadline (or any other sort of management, really), but I believe it would be better for the company if someone smarter or better than me would take over.
How do I have a productive conversation with my manager about this? I'd like to come to the table with ideas for how to prevent this situation in the future (e.g. "I think we should timebox the next project up front, and check in at least weekly after the deadline," "I'll give you an initial design overview so we can verify I have the right idea about where to go."), but I definitely don't want to turn it into "I failed because you didn't manage me well."
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I have been working on a project for several months. For the last several weeks, I have constantly been feeling as if I were about one bug away from having it finished. Each fix reveals one new issue I hadn't thought of.
I am not stuck; I have plenty of new ideas that I can try to get things working. I just do not believe that I will be able to complete it in a reasonable time (indeed, that I have already spent an unreasonable amount of time working at it). There is no deadline (or any other sort of management, really), but I believe it would be better for the company if someone smarter or better than me would take over.
How do I have a productive conversation with my manager about this? I'd like to come to the table with ideas for how to prevent this situation in the future (e.g. "I think we should timebox the next project up front, and check in at least weekly after the deadline," "I'll give you an initial design overview so we can verify I have the right idea about where to go."), but I definitely don't want to turn it into "I failed because you didn't manage me well."
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Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
– Joe Strazzere
1 min ago
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Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
– Joe Strazzere
1 min ago
Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
– Joe Strazzere
1 min ago
Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
– Joe Strazzere
1 min ago
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Do you have periodic (weekly?) one-on-one meetings? What have you said to your manager so far? Seems like a normal, calm conversation is in order. I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, nor why you fear you will somehow say that your manager didn't manage you well.
– Joe Strazzere
1 min ago