I am a big believer in the adage...
Posted By: HubieMT on 2007-05-28
In Reply to: when you say you ask for clarity... - see message
"Never let them see you sweat." Also, "Fake it until you make it." (I don't mean fake reports, I mean fake a positive attitude until it comes naturally.)
I am relatively new at this also (have about 2 years experience). Yes, I got some feedback that hurt my feelings and still does if I think about it. I just never let QA know that. If they gave feedback that I could use, I just said "Thanks, I'll remember that next time." and I kept copies of all the corrections, so I could go back and look something up. I took this feedback as a challenge to do better next time.
I "faked it until I made it" by keeping the facade of a positive attitude even when I was not feeling it. People seem to respond better to someone with a positive "can do" attitude.
You may be doing these type of things already or maybe these won't work for you, I don't know. I just wanted to share my experience of how I am getting through the "newbie" stage.
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