I feel like I used to get the question a lot at my previous job. When it was from people without a technical background it made little sense and was usually jus

I feel like I used to get the question a lot at my previous job. When it was from people without a technical background it made little sense and was usually just a waste of time. When I got it from another programmer I didn't mind as much. Even if it should be obvious I'd already tried it, I know that the few times I've asked it myself it's because I'm genuinely curious why the obvious answer didn't work. Then again, I would probably word it differently. I think corporate culture is an important part of it. I see a lot of comments in discussions like these which make it sound like technical discussions tend to be a series of passive aggressive jabs and office politics. I've never had a job like that. I've certainly seen more office politics than I would like, but it didn't creep into technical discussions.