Me: Can I have a quick word with you about the work you were doing the other day.
Person X: Yes
Me: I had a look at the code you'd done, while I was doing something with one of the other team members. I see that you wrote some code on subject Y.
Person X: Yes
Me: I just wanted to say. It was really very good. A perfect example of how it should be done. Thank you.
A little recognition is good to give and good to receive. Better still to have the opportunity in a manner that isn't contrived. I realised it in the car on the way home - "that was really good, it would be worth commenting on it". So I did.
Person X: Yes
Me: I had a look at the code you'd done, while I was doing something with one of the other team members. I see that you wrote some code on subject Y.
Person X: Yes
Me: I just wanted to say. It was really very good. A perfect example of how it should be done. Thank you.
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And likewise. Here's another chance compliment, triggered by reading that! I'm paying someone to redesign my index page - I'm not interested enough to do it myself but the site is looking too 1990s now. When he asked me for an example of the sort of design I wanted, I gave him your link. Because you've always had a site with something interesting to say which didn't rely on gaudy flash or animated gifs to justify the webspace it occupied. You make your point without any waffle.
Moira
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