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> there are gatekeepers in most of the companies, who don't want to train you at all. This is fear mongering for the juniors. Most people don't help because th
by throw14082020 6y ago
> there are gatekeepers in most of the companies, who don't want to train you at all.
This is fear mongering for the juniors. Most people don't help because they don't get asked. Juniors, reach out and I will help. I'm the kind of person that is sociable and helpful anyway though.
- phlipski 6y agoThere are plenty of people who have "closed the drawbridge behind them once inside." They don't want to help, or think that you should figure it out yourself or should already know the answer etc.... They forget that they were newbs once too.
- cosmodisk 6y agoIt goes both ways,I suppose. I'm more than willing to teach anyone who is willing to listed what I know, but some mutual respect is needed. I remember a meeting, where I got asked to get someone up to speed with some core concepts. I thought,OK, that's fantastic.I prepped the plan, go to him and tell it'd take him about 20h of his own time to go through the stuff.. 'Oh no, I thought we'd be done in 2 hours'.. Sure, I can teach you in 2 hours what took me 5 years to learn..
- oblio 6y agoIt varies widely by company and by person. The unhelpful senior trope is not a myth.