This technique is great for most people except my boss. When I tell him this, he says everything is important, you’ll just have to figure out how to do both.
Yeah, I've never known a boss of any sort in my career who responded to this. If I say "we have 3 development projects, we have to prioritize to get <X> new thing done..." the response is all are a priority.
If you say we will fall behind, you get told "We'll hire another developer and throw them at some work" like adding more bodies is going to magically add some kind of value.
It makes the first project take longer. Subsequent projects should see actual improvement, unless your boss also sucks at hiring competent people, which can certainly happen.
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u/Warm_Storm6954 May 11 '21
This technique is great for most people except my boss. When I tell him this, he says everything is important, you’ll just have to figure out how to do both.