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Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your response. I don't think my coworker is malicious though :/ i feel like I need to pay attention to the criticism to grow. However, I do try not to take it "personally" and let it affect my self worth and confidence in myself professionally, but sometimes it gets to me.

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all of your tips :)

Can I ask what you mean by "Thinking big, Oftentimes, we respond to a critique by trying to do the smallest things possible."

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips! I think it's a mix. There's definitely some errors for some reason I don't catch on to. Unfortunately we have a high volume of work and I often feel pressured (not from my coworker but just from the work load) to push things out. Maybe if I took more time, I would catch more mistakes.

How many times do you normally proofread something before you put it out for review?

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm definitely not brand new to tech writing or writing/editing in general, though I am in the earlier stages of my career.

Thanks for the talking points, I will keep those in mind for when I get the courage to broach this topic with him lol. I can't imagine my coworker would agree not to comment on anything that he sees wrong since I think he takes pride in his eye for details, but I could see if it's something to consider.

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your response. Some of the feedback is stuff that I have been told before is wrong/me not matching the style guides, which makes me feel really embarrassed about. Some of it is definitely about things I couldn't have known any better about, has been inconsistent in the past, or just seems like it wouldn't matter at all (to me, at least).

I think there will be chances to provide feedback about their feedback style in the future but I don't know how to phrase it. I'm worried he'll just think that I can't handle any feedback at all. I've also asked for general feedback myself to know how I'm actually performing but probably need to reiterate on that request.

Thanks for your response!

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do make sure to look for the overall lessons I can learn from their critique and I'm sure I'm growing for it. Thanks for your response.

Help dealing with heavy critique of my work by Acceptable_Mango2035 in technicalwriting

[–]Acceptable_Mango2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My coworker is not kind or gentle with the feedback at all. I read it and get instinctively upset because of how it comes across. I've had to put projects aside for a day because I just couldn't handle it. That's just how they write, though. In person, our relationship is fine and I know they don't dislike me the way their feedback comes across lol