Perspective for Making Idiot Mistakes Twice?
From what I can tell everyone's been really happy with my work (going above and beyond, spending a lot of time on things and doing them way beyond what the other interns are doing as I have modelling background, etc.). However, I got a comment to fix the bulleting format of a doc to match previous ones, and had to get followed up with twice (basically it was part of a huge list and I missed only this one, but it happened twice). Analyst had to follow up twice with me and I'm feeling crazy like I blew it. especially because I got blasted by a higher up yesterday for not updating the central staffing sheet (was keeping my own version updated because you can't edit the central one if anyone has it open-- doesn't matter the reason but I got blasted for not having it updated).
Now, I'm going to be spending an inordinate amount of time never making this mistake again but it's so small sometimes it can't be avoided. How should I look at this (perspective wise) going forward? For context I'm at a place that might not be the best for return offers so I'm wondering how to handle if stuff like this can be the differentiator for a return. Obviously this is a small thing, but at the same time it's not because I had to be followed up with twice. No, I doubt that this is going to fuck me over forever but the way people might blow up about this issue e.g. how can we trust you with anything if not for some of these things that are so small you can't even do them properly. Feeling like an idiot but hoping for some perspective of how to handle this-- I apologized in the email chain but do I make a verbal apology to the analyst (they didn't make a big deal about the mistake but as my "mentor" was cc'ed in the central staffing update).
This might be approaching autism territory but I'm hoping for perspective on how to deal with this perspective wise because going forward I'm gonna be super insecure about mini mistakes and probably take a huge amount of time to fix. Just wondering on how you ideally see a junior handle making these kinds of mistakes over the course of 10 weeks, especially when I may never work with that higher up who was annoyed about the staffing sheet again. Getting along well with everyone else, this is just something that might affect my work going forward and I'm wondering what the best perspective going out of this is.
You've already communicated that you're sorry for making the mistake. Honestly I wouldn't even apologize - just reiterate that it won't happen again. I was in a similar position when I started my first year - what helped me was writing the mistakes down on a sticky note and putting it on the side of my monitor. Seems ridiculous, but when the upside is getting a return offer / getting ranked higher, it's worth it IMO. Doesn't have to be on your monitor, but somewhere where you can see it as you're turning comments. Helped me a ton
Yeah, did the same actually LOL. A legit sticky note. Thanks for the advice, will just have to keep my head above water which I guess is the only thing that should be done
10,000 hourrule. google it. leave autistic stereotypes at the door.
Shit. The Dan & Shay, Justin Bieber song makes so much sense now.
As Aaron Rodgers so beautifully stated... R E L A X.
My man, your fellow analysts and senior reviewers can slap you upside the head from time to time without a need for online therapy. These mistakes are routine BS and the entire point of your existence at the bank (i.e. Be the mule —> hand off the goods —> let them finesse the final product).
You are over thinking this times a million. It’s called having short term memory. Take a little heat from a superior, make a mental note, move on.
Think of it like a pitcher in baseball... What would they do if their mind short circuited after giving up a 450 ft. dinger? They would be out of a job. The answer is: No reaction (you can handle being wrong), mental note (don’t do it again), act like you’ve been there before (confidence), on to the next batter.
1st of all, formatting bullets the same, use Copy+paste FORMATTING 1) CTRL SHIFT C 2) CTRL SHIFT V -try it out. it’s a lesser known shortcut but I use it a ton
next - a good analyst with attention to detail is taught by a good Associate/VP/Director a method to avoid human error, especially with ensuring all comments were done, and none missed. the way I was taught is 1) receive comments - via printed out markup of PPT 2) get a bright colored magic marker - like even purple 3) check off w/ purple after each comment is DONE 4) anything you aren’t 100% sure of, circle in pink/red marker - to ask your superior after 5) finish and hand the updated slide and the old mark up to your superior, showing you did the comments and checked your work
Shouldn't be a lesser known shortcut!
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