I started on the Wednesday of my first week.
During the three days I went to work that week, I played games diligently every day, euphemistically called "familiar with the product."
So much so that I lost any interest in playing games after get off work, and almost succeeded in quitting playing other games completely.
On Monday of the second week, the little leader gave me the first task that novices must do - competitive product analysis.
With the excellent presentation of my colleague Xiao Wang, who joined the company more than a week before me last Thursday, I have to start doing competitive product analysis on another project.
Based on my language understanding ability, which I have studied for more than ten years, I expected that the task would not be difficult.
Then preparations began.
I went through it with the small leader last Thursday, and today I officially started the lecture in front of the whole group.
The most intuitive point is that what my colleague Xiao Wang and I do are completely different.
I use XMind, and my colleague Xiao Wang uses Excel.
Small leader: I feel that it is not good to use XMind to display this thing. I mentioned it to you last week. Generally, XMind is used to outline the framework after having an idea. You seem to be unable to pick out the key points.
My os:? You really didn't tell me last Thursday that using XMind was not a good idea.
leader: In fact, XMind or Excel can be used, both are a way of presentation, as long as the expression is clear, just like Xiaopeng used PPT when he made this thing before, which is a lot of words.
You don’t need to use so many descriptions, such as XMind, as long as you describe it briefly and to the point.
Me os: indeed.
Xiaohao: For newcomers, avoid being empty and wide.
The best thing is to grab a functional implementation and dig deeper, and then continue to dig into it in detail.
Otherwise, big points like the ones you raised are actually not what you should consider, but what the leaders should consider.
And if you start from the experience of a newcomer, 99% of your ideas will be wrong.
My os: emnnn... OK.
Leader: But you still have something to say in that part. You should dig deeper into this part next.
Me: OK.
Colleague Xiao Wang: How do you feel that the DDL came too soon?
Me: In fact, it seems to be the same for me. There is not much difference between delaying for a few days and rushing out immediately. Maybe the understanding is different.
Originally, I just wanted to use XMind to get to know them. At a certain point, I would look at the leaders and then consider further digging.
Originally, I thought the significance of this novice task was more to understand competing products and our own products.
Leader: First of all, as I said last time, new people should take their time when they come in. Don’t think about reaching the top in one step, and don’t think about making the decision as soon as they come in.
You have to start with execution first, then the system, and then take your time. Don’t think about focusing on so many big aspects right away.
Me os: Test the water first and break the ice.
The premise of having ideas is to survive cautiously within the larger framework of the leader.
It's one thing to have an idea; it's another thing to be able to live up to it.
Leader: Why do you need to do competitive product analysis?
First of all, we still need to start with our own products, what problems have arisen, and then analyze competing products to see how they deal with and solve them, and then return to our products, specific to the optimization point, and then refine and implement the optimization plan in this way.
My os: "Move this and copy that" sounds pretty nice.
Leader: When you use XMind, I feel like it’s very scattered. You just write whatever comes to mind, and there’s nothing outstanding about it.
For example, what is the connection between the function you proposed here and your topic? Did it suddenly come to you and then be added on the fly?
My os: emnnn……
Leader: I’m not so strict with you newcomers, I’m more strict with the seniors.
It is not mandatory to work overtime, if you think you can complete the work in eight hours, if you can't, I hope you can make up for it with more time outside of work.
My os: emnnn……
. . . . Then the current situation in our studio is that many people often work overtime on their own (excluding me for the time being). . . .
If you don't write down your thoughts, you feel uncomfortable all over.
If I don't do this, will it appear that I have no ideas?
In fact, I disagree with some of the points and opinions raised by the leader from the bottom of my heart, but after all, I am just a newbie.
All I can do is to keep some of my ideas and some lingering enthusiasm, and let's wait and see how the future product development moves.
For the realization of product functions, we must start from reality, so I am very realistic. The first stage of work can stop at the surface. I always have a learning attitude, but I can’t obliterate my ideas.
For those who work in product development in the business department, collisions of ideas are common. You should feel gratified when sparks of communication spark out of the exchange of ideas.
I also want to use this to confirm what can be touched and what should be left alone, what I can think about and what should not be considered by me.
(Although I don’t quite agree with this, I have no choice but to succumb to reality.)
The last thing is to cast a net widely. Although only a few fish were caught, at least, it can be proved from the side that the net is strong and usable...
Surviving in the workplace is not easy, but while you are still working, you should cherish and be patient and observe and learn more.
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