1 Proactive with product ideas/opinions
Product-minded engineers don’t settle for getting a specification and jumping to implement it. They think about other ideas and approach the product manager with these. They often challenge existing specifications, suggesting alternative product approaches, that might work better.
Pro- and Re-
Proactive and Reactive
Progress is to move, go, or processed forward; to advance. Regress is to move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
The difference between proactive people and reactive people is that proactive people take initiative, and they come up with ideas to get things done despite the conditions they are in. Reactive people, on the other hand, usually are the ones to react to a situation rather than take initiative to create a situation.
settle for / settle
settle for (something):
- to accept something less ideal or worse than what one really wanted;
- to agree to accept something (even though something else would be better);
- accept or be satisfied with as a compromise.
He demanded a bigger raise but decided to settle for what they offered.
I could never settle for such a quiet life; I want excitement.
And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
specification
a detailed description of the design and materials used to make something.
jump to
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jump to conclusions: to guess the facts about a situation without having enough information.
Don’t jump to conclusions! Perhaps it was his daughter he was dancing with.
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jump to it (informal): used to tell someone to do something quickly.
I told you to tidy this room - now jump to it!
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jump to sb’s defence: to quickly defend someone.
Whenever anyone criticizes her husband, she immediately jumps to his defence.
approach
- The workers approached the manager with a request for shorter working hours.
- Those officials were approached with bribes.
- approach a government officer
- His sober approach to the crisis averted a catastrophe.
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