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I'm going to take the contrarian perspective from this. People absolutely will judge you for stupid questions and you need to be careful about asking them. Di
by treis 5y ago
I'm going to take the contrarian perspective from this. People absolutely will judge you for stupid questions and you need to be careful about asking them. Dip your toe in the water and see what happens.
Actually, that's good advice for all of these types of articles (and it seems like we've had a bull run on 'ask dumb questions'). Organizations are fucked up. Bosses/People are assholes. The wildebeast that goes first in the river takes the biggest risk of being eaten. Watch and learn before taking the leap.
- geofft 5y agoYou're not wrong, but, the faster you get out of that organization (or into a healthier part of that organization), the faster you'll start growing. An organization that penalizes asking questions is almost certainly broken in other ways that you'll discover soon, and you'll be in a worse position when you're interviewing for your next job.
- treis 5y ago>, the faster you get out of that organization (or into a healthier part of that organization) But you're not going to get there if you're being death rolled by a crocodile in the middle of the river. My point is not to not ask stupid questions. My point is to dip your toe in the water and see what happens instead of cannon-balling.
- tomrod 5y agoIt can help if you're the mutant wildebeest with skin so thick that no croc can take it down. If you're the unfirable 10X rockstar LC awesome dev, this is how you make your org healthier.