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I ask that all the time, but start with "Pardon my ignorance" or "I know you must have good reason, but..."
by lallysingh 6y ago
I ask that all the time, but start with "Pardon my ignorance" or "I know you must have good reason, but..."
- t0mas88 6y agoThat's also a useful managment tool. I often ask "Uninhibited by any actual knowledge, I would think X is the easier solution, what's the real story?" A competent team will either explain why things are the way they are or give you an improved version of X that may be faster than what they had you if you're willing to accept the associated limitations. Often that dialogue on limitations is valuable because the client facing people may know some things about what limitations can be accepted without client impact and are thus good choices.
- mark-r 6y agoI did that just yesterday with a comment here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044548