mollybrown/black-thursday-retro

## black-thursday-retro
A. An oppurtunity for improvement in our group dynamic would mostly involve both of us managing our anxities better. For the first few days of the project, we got caught in something of a vicious cycle were my partner was pushing hard to make quick progress through the project and I began to withdraw as I could not fully grasp the structure of the project at the pace he was pushing it forward. This then left him feeling more responsible for driving the work, and me less confident to contribute. After a few days this resolved itself as I caught up, but we could have avoided it in the first place by both of us being a bit more relaxed.

B. In the end, my role wound up being the highly detail-oriented counter-balance to my parter's big-picture thinking. I will be honest and say however that there was a lot of a teacher/student dynamic at well, especially in the first few days as I strugged to wrap my mind around the project structure and logic. While I would be more comfortable feeling that we were on closer footing in terms of our skill level, I also know I benefited greatly from this role in terms of learning oppurtunity.

C. As alluded to above, my partner drove the big-picture strategy for our project while sharing a lot of knowledge as well. While he was very capable of steering the project and did so for the first few days, we both relaxed into a more equitable and enjoyable partnership as time passed.

D. For my part, the dynamic would be improved by me having increased confidence in my abilities, resisting the temptation draw comparsions between the skill level of my partner and I, and refusing to indulge insecurity and withdraw. Part of this requires working hard to continually increase my skill level, the other part requires trusting in that hard work.
	A. An oppurtunity for improvement in our group dynamic would mostly involve both of us managing our anxities better. For the first few days of the project, we got caught in something of a vicious cycle were my partner was pushing hard to make quick progress through the project and I began to withdraw as I could not fully grasp the structure of the project at the pace he was pushing it forward. This then left him feeling more responsible for driving the work, and me less confident to contribute. After a few days this resolved itself as I caught up, but we could have avoided it in the first place by both of us being a bit more relaxed.

	B. In the end, my role wound up being the highly detail-oriented counter-balance to my parter's big-picture thinking. I will be honest and say however that there was a lot of a teacher/student dynamic at well, especially in the first few days as I strugged to wrap my mind around the project structure and logic. While I would be more comfortable feeling that we were on closer footing in terms of our skill level, I also know I benefited greatly from this role in terms of learning oppurtunity.

	C. As alluded to above, my partner drove the big-picture strategy for our project while sharing a lot of knowledge as well. While he was very capable of steering the project and did so for the first few days, we both relaxed into a more equitable and enjoyable partnership as time passed.

	D. For my part, the dynamic would be improved by me having increased confidence in my abilities, resisting the temptation draw comparsions between the skill level of my partner and I, and refusing to indulge insecurity and withdraw. Part of this requires working hard to continually increase my skill level, the other part requires trusting in that hard work.