>>First, he basically tells me this project should have been finished a long time ago and he can't believe it's taken this long etc.
>>He looks at the code and criticizes design decisions, some of which were made largely on my manager's explicit suggestions.
>>For instance he said I should have looked at other projects to see how they accomplished what I'm trying to do. That definitely would have been a good idea.
Very bad manager, in fact novice would be an understatement for these kind of practices, based on everything I've learned from these statements. Feed backs are a continuous, never ending process, given in a positive direction. Any surprise or a shock down the lane, implies the manager has utterly failed at their job.
Don't beat yourself up. You have done nothing wrong, and this is not the end of the road.
>>He looks at the code and criticizes design decisions, some of which were made largely on my manager's explicit suggestions.
>>For instance he said I should have looked at other projects to see how they accomplished what I'm trying to do. That definitely would have been a good idea.
Very bad manager, in fact novice would be an understatement for these kind of practices, based on everything I've learned from these statements. Feed backs are a continuous, never ending process, given in a positive direction. Any surprise or a shock down the lane, implies the manager has utterly failed at their job.
Don't beat yourself up. You have done nothing wrong, and this is not the end of the road.