Sometimes I feel my father’s personalities and characters rooted inside me and reflected out on my daily work, especially his stubbornness. Late last week I had a disagreement with an associate director on administration related issues of a web-based application that I have developed for him. I insisted on not being the trainer of the application and not answering questions related to how to use the application, simply because I am only a developer who has built this application, but doesn’t own it. I should only be responsible for technical issues, and suggested and insisted that he should find a resource under his management to act as the trainer and help desk. I told my manager that his tightness on resources, therefore redirecting his responsibility to me, doesn’t mean I have to bend to take over the work belonged to his people. After a few sharp-tongued exchanges of email, problem was resolved among managers.
