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I've been doing something quite similar. But sometimes I just get ignored, taking my "I love this but I'm nervous that" as "I love this".

• josephg 5y ago
  I think about it like you have a volume dial that you need to turn up or down depending on the room you're speaking in. If you're pretty junior, or you work with a lot of loudmouths, you might need to turn the volume up higher to make sure you're listened to. If you're senior, or talking to a group of people more junior than you, you can get away with being a lot softer with your words. (And you often should, to avoid intimidating the juniors). And its not really about volume. Its about your word choice. Low volume: "Hm, that sounds ok but I'm worried about performance." High volume: "This will be unworkable because of performance problems. We need preliminary benchmarks, or a plan for solving those problems before we can move ahead."
  • collyw 5y ago
    Maybe. At the same time I think most senior developers have been through the hype cycle a few times. Junior to intermediate level devs seem to jump on the latest "silver bullet" trend quite a lot not realising that this happens all the time and probably isn't anywhere near as good as the hype.