There’s a lot of value in this, and I try to do it at work. I’m confident enough in my abilities that I don’t mind asking questions when there’s something I don

There’s a lot of value in this, and I try to do it at work. I’m confident enough in my abilities that I don’t mind asking questions when there’s something I don’t understand. And I find that people who won’t do that are insecure, and often for good reason. But still… it can be taken too far. Just as a matter of being a person who can socialize normally, what’s wrong with spending a few seconds explaining yourself? “This is gonna sound silly, but I want the computer in the smallest box. Here’s why.” That kind of thing. I don’t let my ego get in the way of learning new things. But I don’t go out of my way to sound like an eccentric weirdo either.