On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:39:02 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 13/11/2013 11:52 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> You're still relatively new to the organization, so it's entirely
>> possible that your tasks to date haven't been mission-critical deadline
>> items, but you need to talk about them in the assessment, certainly.
>> Getting things done earns you more responsibility, more visibility, and
>> ultimately (it's generally hoped) more pay.
> 
> In such a tiny company, *everybody* is already very near the top of the
> tree - because it's only a tiny tree. (More of a shrub really...) ;-)

Yep, I've worked with companies that size as well.  The COO of one client 
is the CEO's "minder" - because the CEO is sorta "Jobsian" in his 
approach (ie, very little focus, big thinker, not too concerned about the 
details, changes his mind daily about where he wants to go).

But the developers at that company have specific areas of expertise.  One 
works on network systems, one works on CPU utilization, etc.

>> So look at this another way - they interviewed you, hired you, and seem
>> to be happy with the job you're doing, right?  So don't tell them
>> they're stupid by saying that what you do doesn't matter.
> 
> Fair enough.

So just summarise what you've done over the past year.  That's a starting 
point.

Jim

Post a reply to this message