“You did a bad job” is a subjective value statement that communicates nothing of value. It’s direct, but also useless. The problem is not in the directness.
Providing immediate examples of improvements is also direct; the difference is that it’s constructive, and helps guide the junior engineer.
Yes, being indirect. Instead of saying: ‘you did a bad job’, say ‘here are things you can improve for next time’.
On is confrontational and problematic, the other diplomatic and constructive.
You don’t seem to understand what “direct” means.
“You did a bad job” is a subjective value statement that communicates nothing of value. It’s direct, but also useless. The problem is not in the directness.
Providing immediate examples of improvements is also direct; the difference is that it’s constructive, and helps guide the junior engineer.
One is direct, and the other is not. And you’re right, one is not constructive, and the other is, that’s not coincidence.
What ‘immediate’ even means in this context I don’t know.
I just didn’t want to have to say “direct” again.