THE FIVE STAGES OF BENCHMARK LOSS
Stage 1: SHOCK
The first reaction when you see an article, scanning down to see your competition wipe the floor with you.
Typical postings: 'WTF', 'no way', 'you lie'...
Stage 2: DENIAL
Shock moves to denial very quickly (usually the 2nd sentence in a posting on a benchmark loss). Comments are usually baseless attacks without any analysis or technical basis. Key words: obviously, clearly...
Stage 3: DISCREDITATION
We're geeks, so we look for a technical reason for the loss. Typical postings: 'we lost because of debug symbols', 'they left the default config', obviously the problem is in other component', 'they don't know how to test'. Most don't leave this stage.
Stage 4: ANALYSIS
Facts are checked, issues and underlying causes are understood.
Stage 5: ACCEPTANCE
If you stay the course and make it through the analysis, you ultimately accept the result. The reason for the loss is internalized and implemented upstream.
Stage 1: SHOCK
The first reaction when you see an article, scanning down to see your competition wipe the floor with you.
Typical postings: 'WTF', 'no way', 'you lie'...
Originally posted by Adarion
Originally posted by energyman
Originally posted by KAMIKAZOW
Originally posted by aavci
Originally posted by SkyHiRider
Originally posted by kraftman
Shock moves to denial very quickly (usually the 2nd sentence in a posting on a benchmark loss). Comments are usually baseless attacks without any analysis or technical basis. Key words: obviously, clearly...
Originally posted by Jimmy
Originally posted by BenderRodriguez
Originally posted by zoomblab
Originally posted by kraftman
Originally posted by poofyyoda
Originally posted by <<atomic dude>>
We're geeks, so we look for a technical reason for the loss. Typical postings: 'we lost because of debug symbols', 'they left the default config', obviously the problem is in other component', 'they don't know how to test'. Most don't leave this stage.
Originally posted by migizi
Originally posted by KAMIKAZOW
Originally posted by NeoBrain
Originally posted by <<atomic dude>>
Facts are checked, issues and underlying causes are understood.
Originally posted by Elv13
Originally posted by energyman
Originally posted by V!NCENT
Originally posted by bash
Originally posted by mugginz
Stage 5: ACCEPTANCE
If you stay the course and make it through the analysis, you ultimately accept the result. The reason for the loss is internalized and implemented upstream.
Originally posted by <<atomic dude>>
Originally posted by wazyk
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Originally posted by BenderRodriguez
Originally posted by aavci
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Originally posted by V!INCENT
Originally posted by BenderRodriguez
Originally posted by SkyHiRider
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