It's not even necessarily a first impression anything.
Some managers just feel the need to criticize _something_, and when you're killing it, they can always be critical of something nebulous like "you're not enough of a cheerleader". It's not quantified in any objective manner, no jira ticket counts, no commit counts, there's no limit to how much more positivity one can ask for. It's equivalent to asking you to smile more, this manager belongs in a Starbucks.
I'm reminded of [0], "you're doing great, but let's just do it with more energy, alright?"
Some managers just feel the need to criticize _something_, and when you're killing it, they can always be critical of something nebulous like "you're not enough of a cheerleader". It's not quantified in any objective manner, no jira ticket counts, no commit counts, there's no limit to how much more positivity one can ask for. It's equivalent to asking you to smile more, this manager belongs in a Starbucks.
I'm reminded of [0], "you're doing great, but let's just do it with more energy, alright?"
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qrL6dWnoQ&t=88s