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I used to have a “don’t know/can’t remember” man in my team. Can you recall what this code you wrote previously do? “I can’t remember.” Do you know where the
by papagoat 7y ago
I used to have a “don’t know/can’t remember” man in my team.
Can you recall what this code you wrote previously do? “I can’t remember.”
Do you know where the files are placed? “I don’t know.”
Where are the documentations for xxx. “I don’t know.”
Do you know the difference between xxx in testing in production server? “I can’t remember.”
It was frustrating.
9 out of 10 questions were “I don’t knows” and “I can’t remembers”.
I’d much rather he said yes or no.
- taejo 7y agoOf course it would be great if everyone remembered everything, but isn't an "I don't know" better than an 80% guess? The longer I do this job, the more likely I am to say I don't know, when I don't know. > Can you recall what this code you wrote previously do? What it actually does might be different from what I remember. It might have been changed since then -- maybe by me, maybe by someone else. I might have made a mistake in the first place, and it doesn't do what I think. "I'm not sure, let's look at it."