jcrawf02 (3/29/2011)
If you don't know what your boss needs to know, that implies that you don't know what is important in your own job, and would be First Fail candidate.
It's not a matter of knowing what your boss does and doesn't need to know, it's what your boss THINKS they need to know, which can be two things entirely. Example: I had an old boss that I would let know when there were problems in the system but not every little piece of code I was optimizing. His perception was I was there to take care of problems so he didn't HAVE to care (unless it really hit the fan), but wanted to be able to direct my 'downtime' efforts towards his own goals.
My assumptions and his desires were a bit different. First fail? No, not really. Just a different perspective. A little communication (after about a month) got this cleaned up and him much happier. That road goes both ways.
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