I absolutely hate that some of my biggest recognized complishments were only possible because I screwed up the first time around. It’s not too bad when at least I’m fixing someone else’s screw ups, but averting a screw up no one even knew could happen is worthless for reputation building…
That is my plan at work. I put bugs in the code, they get reported, I fix them quickly and I’m the hero!
I absolutely hate that some of my biggest recognized complishments were only possible because I screwed up the first time around. It’s not too bad when at least I’m fixing someone else’s screw ups, but averting a screw up no one even knew could happen is worthless for reputation building…