How one Apple employee survived product reviews with Steve Jobs

There's something very true about this.

I have a mentor who can be very 'direct'. Similarly to Jobs, he's extremely busy. There are a lot of people who don't like him. I understand why, but I've also learned an enormous amount from him. I think everyone should seek out these folks and learn from them.

I wrote something about taking feedback the other day, and it feels relevant to OP. http://cloudspace.com/blog/2014/04/02/what-engineers-can-lea...