There is a gap in the perception of the requested work between the party that places the request and the party that receives the request.
I have been on the "receiving end" of research requests for most of my working life.
(Occasionally, when outsourcing software, I become the requesting party (client)).
So, up to now, I have continued to misunderstand the request.
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For example, the client only 'wanted a one-page summary,' but I 'made a big 20-page piece.
This tragedy could have been avoided if the client had asked for a one-page summary at the request stage.
However, these matters will occur if the client assumes that the "one-page summary" has already been recognized.
My works are a series of these things.
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So, the strategy I am taking is,
-- "100% common understanding" is a pipe dream, so "let me make it first."
Nevertheless, "20 pages" instead of "1 page" is much wasted work.
It seems like a tremendous loss and, in fact, a waste of time.
Reviewing my work life, I feel that "90% of my work is empty".
As a member of society, I may be disqualified.
However, the work begins to move when the "thing" becomes visible (or takes shape).
This is because "we can understand things that we don't understand each other."
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However, I can do this kind of reckless work because my work is related to documentation and software and because I am a private contractor.
If this were urban design, construction, or other infrastructure work involving more than 100 people, it would not be enough to say, "We realized our mistake midway through the project.
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So, if you ask me if 90% of the work I struck out to create was a complete waste of time, I can't necessarily say that this was the case.
It can (and sometimes does) get diverted to other jobs, columns, or elsewhere.
It is no exaggeration to say that 90% of the columns and technical notes I publish on my website are reused (after filtering for confidentiality).
After all, my "swing" is the SDGs -- not saving the world.
By the way, I made three mistakes today (in code, patents, and specifications); I just remembered them from this morning.
Today, too, I am "striking out" with great enthusiasm.