There are many inspirational quotes which I’ve been given my many people, I want to to share & memorize them, also their behind stories, and how they affected me.
The quote & the complaint
I remembered the time I was a Junior Developer at my 1st company – Auto Integrity, an Vietnam-Australian product company, my company’s product at that time was already quite … big with complex business requirements, also it already run on production for over 6 years for many clients.
I faced many difficulties in my daily tasks as a new member join in the developing team, of course I tried to find answers by myself, but sometime I couldn’t find out the solutions, so I asked for help from my teammates whenever I feel I need helps.
And of course, they helped me in solving my problems. But one day, my boss called me in, and he said to me:
I know you are doing your best, I know you are working hard, but why do we need 2 person to work on only one job ? Do you understand what I mean ?
I was shocked, frozen for a moment. I didn’t know that my “asking for help” was affecting to others people’s works. I was so naive and selfish for not realizing that earlier, I thought “it’s ok”.
I immediately realized and regretted for my actions, so I said to my boss: “I understood what you mean, I promise not to make the same mistake again. Thanks for telling me”. We walked out of the room, and I continued my works.
After that talk, whenever I faces difficulties, I always try to find the solutions by myself first, by all mean necessary (reading docs, try answers on stack overflows, search for articles …) before asking for anyone help, of course when asking for help, I try not to disturb them if they are busy, not whenever I feel I need helps. And never forget to say “thank you” whenever I got helped from someone, anyone !!!
Conclusion
Everyone has their own works, everybody is busy, respect others.
If you need helps, ask nicely and don’t be a disturber (like I was), and never, ever forget to show your gratitude when you got helps !!! That’s human manner, that’s what human do !
That’s all for today, thanks for reading !