I don't see why this perspective on someone doing things differently is so surprising in an era where we're pushing the advantages of diversity. Everyone comes

I don't see why this perspective on someone doing things differently is so surprising in an era where we're pushing the advantages of diversity. Everyone comes at things from a different perspective and has different strengths. I remember having a coworker ask me for advice on a storage array he was working on. He was banging on the UI, checking out all kinds of irrelevant paths, seemingly exploring all possible ways of accomplishing the task at hand, even the ones that were very unlikely to be correct. I was kind of frustrated that he was spending time exploring unimportant elements as I could clearly see it was one of just two or three options. I tried to brush aside some of the exploratory actions and he said "oh, I know that probably won't work, I just wanted to take a look.." I didn't have the patience or attention span to wait for this ridiculously slow interface, so I wandered away after giving my best advice. A couple months later, whose experience did we always rely on when trying to figure out a novel problem? That's when it clicked for me. I won't necessarily have more patience myself with the exploration steps, but I certainly appreciate those who do.