Reviews and Self Defeatist Attitudes

Well I finally had my yearly review. I had filled my head with all kinds of bad news because my boss waited until the very last minute to give me my review. (I had even entertained the idea of being fired for a bit.) Turns out I did it to myself again. My review went much better than I expected and I was even given a nice raise. Not a huge one but considering the layoffs and huge write-off we had at the beginning of the year I'm not complaining.

My boss again reiterated how he likes the fact that I shake things up on the team. I keep looking at our code and asking why it looks the way it does. I propose improvements and will create a document detailing the pros and cons of the change. I've got some irons in the fire that are starting to get hot for some big interesting projects. The number one item on my list is replacing the outdated database system we use on our kiosks.

I did make a few mistakes last year which we covered, but I never felt like I was being punished. My boss just brought them up and we talked about how I had improved and what we could do to continue improvement.