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But there was no downside of the anecdote you described, so it's really odd that you made that resolve. While it can be uncomfortable (no downside) or expose t
by white-flame 9y ago
But there was no downside of the anecdote you described, so it's really odd that you made that resolve.
While it can be uncomfortable (no downside) or expose that you don't know what you're expected to know (but fixes that quickly), in the majority of cases people are happy to explain their expertise.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoThe downside was that I spent almost two years in that first company, being treated like an incompetent idiot and developing an ulcer, before I could bail out.
- white-flame 9y agoI mean the social effect of you asking; that wasn't a prominent downside: > when I asked people that information, they reacted as if I had transgressed some invisible barrier and I was taking up their time for no reason. The downside of your resolution, of course, was your 2 years, and the inefficiencies that not asking questions brings.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoI think the inefficiences you mention were primarily caused by people refusing to answer questions. I mean, it's not like I was just made to feel like a fool because I asked- people actively discouraged me from asking stuff. I complained about that to my line manager who assured me it was OK to ask, that it was part of more senior devs' job to answer questions etc, but of course nothing changed.