This. I immediately develop deeper respect for a colleague when they interact with me this way. (Assuming it's not me who's not following - that happens plenty

This. I immediately develop deeper respect for a colleague when they interact with me this way. (Assuming it's not me who's not following - that happens plenty too!). When a colleague, including junior devs, ask questions and dig in, I interpret that as thinking critically about the problem and digging in. That's exactly what I want out of engineers.