[michaelbuckbee]

An even better starting point would be: "Hey Manager, I'm dissatisfied with the quality of my work on medium_complexity_project and want to make sure that I'm improving going forward. Here are the steps I'm taking (list steps) do you have any other suggestions on what I can do to improve here?"

[KineticLensman]

Yes. In fact this is an interesting topic in its own right - how do you approach management when you have found a problem. In my experience, there is a sort of scale here, along the lines of:

* do nothing and keep quiet (almost always the wrong thing)

* say "help"

* say "I've found this specific problem, but I don't know what to do"

* say "I've found this specific problem, here are some options for fixing it - what do you think?"

* say ""I've found this specific problem, doing X will fix it - what do you think?"

This will vary a lot in practice and depending on circumstances, but I think as people increase in experience and knowledge they tend to approach management with solutions rather than just problems.