New Article: Why Expectations Can Kill You and What You Can Do About It

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“A new developer quits after two weeks. A three-year veteran leaves the company after receiving a 5% raise at his annual review. A project is delivered according to developer estimates but the project manager is fired. An application is built to approved specifications but the client is unhappy. What do all of these situations have in common?

Expectations.”

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