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I think it would be helpful if you gave a better example of a time where you struggled to collaborate. The examples you've given serve well to demonstrate that
by jmilloy 8y ago
I think it would be helpful if you gave a better example of a time where you struggled to collaborate.
The examples you've given serve well to demonstrate that you prefer manuals and documentation while this person prefers examples and videos, but they are not really examples of attempts to collaborate nor of a struggle.
Folks here have been critical of these examples, but a more generous interpretation would be to acknowledge that of course it can be difficult to mentor or work with someone with a very different approach.
Sounds like this could be Python. Since this person remembers things better see the effect, I think an improvement over videos would be exploring new material in ipython or a Jupyter notebook, where they can discover through autocompletion and get immediate visual feedback. Another would be to pull up specific bits of documentation through an IDE. Maybe you could show them how to do those things, so that they can get the information they need efficiently but in a way that they are comfortable with. But this would only be an avenue to help you depending on the actual things you and this person are struggling with.