What does it mean if someone reacts to your work with"great first start"

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I think you know what it means.

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That’s a microaggession

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i’m just kidding btw lol

Thanks for the first pass, off to a good start, but there is feedback.

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I have genuinely said and meant that. Though based on responses here, sounds like it would be helpful for me to say what about it that I liked specifically so it actually comes off as genuine 😅

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@C2 First draft should be as close to perfect as you can get it without help. Not sure how else to respond if I have feedback. I’m assuming they didn’t just say “lol nice draft”, but provided feedback directly afterwards.

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It means they have feedback. Wouldn’t take it as an insult. Better than “this needs more work” or “wtf, this took a week to do?”

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It means it isn't client ready. You might have spent a lot of time on it but was it time well spent? First time I got that comment the MD asked how much time I'd spent. Then multiplied by my bill rate and asked if I'd be proud to bill the client that amount for that work. Most of the time it's stupid stuff missed because someone wasn't checking the details like typos and bad fonts. That kind of stuff drives me nuts. But I'll say good first draft to be polite.

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It means “I appreciate the work you put into this, but it needs a lot more work before I consider it ready or finished.”

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Ok, generational comment here: if you’re just starting out in consulting, or even if you’ve just joined a different firm, you CANNOT know what the “client ready” expectation is. You might have gotten all As and been a top performer before, but you are here to learn. So please do put a lot of effort into the draft you share, and then if your leader takes the time to give you this comment and additional feedback, that’s them HELPING you learn what the expectations of senior business leaders are. If you weren’t great and smart and high-performing, you wouldn’t work at these firms, so take that as baseline.

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Depends on your leaders. Mine are not shy and will communicate if something is terrible, in direct words that can make someone sensitive cry lol.

If they say it’s a good start, they mean it, same goes for me.

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Try again

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Nice try but….

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Thats a kiss on the cheek

Means you left a lot to be desired

It’s a good start but needs a lot of improvement in the next draft.

Closed out an email yesterday after questioning the approach, methodology, and hypothesis with.

Please advise. Thx.

After I pressed send I wasn’t proud, but it landed where it was intended and generated the desired outcome.

Great first attempt at constructive feedback.

If it was simply meant to be a first draft to get ideas on paper, then you did fine. If it was supposed to be client ready, well…

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