tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785686392623064369.post4414154445511106902..comments2010-01-07T08:22:39.165-05:00Matt Blodgetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115180196173160813noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785686392623064369.post-18625075294523163632008-07-09T10:05:00.000-04:002008-07-09T10:05:00.000-04:00@winterstream<BR/><BR/>Great comment. I've been on projects like that, too, and I've experienced that deer-in-the-headlights feeling.Matt Blodgetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115180196173160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785686392623064369.post-27798445124771922432008-07-08T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-08T13:03:00.000-04:00Amen brother.<BR/><BR/>I worked on a project with heavy schedule pressure (the business developers over-promised and we had to take the heat) and the demoralization practically incapacitated me.<BR/><BR/>It's the deer in the headlights effect: I became so scared of being laid-off for insufficient performance that I just couldn't really work.<BR/><BR/>I hope that project managers catch on to this (and isn't it their job to take schedule pressure?).Winterstreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982097826539673880noreply@blogger.com