Just be honest with him. Tell him you want to help but at the same time, when you break off you are losing track and it's making it hard to do deep work. Tell h

Just be honest with him. Tell him you want to help but at the same time, when you break off you are losing track and it's making it hard to do deep work. Tell him you want him to get the help he needs but you also need to complete your own work, and open up a dialog for ways you can both strike a balance. If he's asking questions out of laziness, using you as a replacement for Google, next time he asks tell him to do some investigating and that you can't always give him the easy answer. It's a key programmer skill.