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> Very often you won't get that upfront research because juniors don't have the knowledge necessary to even start looking for themselves. Advice for junior dev
by junon 5y ago
> Very often you won't get that upfront research because juniors don't have the knowledge necessary to even start looking for themselves.
Advice for junior devs: Asking "how do I even go about searching for this?" is also a perfect acceptable question. Another format: "how do YOU generally research things?"
- avmich 5y agoFor both of those questions peers answering them can choose.. to actually switch to answer some more simple questions - like, what to do in this specific case. They'll even ask for details - "how do I even go about searching for this?" - "the information you need is here", or "how do YOU generally research things?" - "what specifically you want to find?" People aren't perfect.
- junon 5y ago> People aren't perfect. I think you misunderstood my intent. I was simply saying that sometimes a junior dev might not even know what question they're trying to ask, or how to go about researching a topic to grok it. Asking an experienced engineer how they would go about solving something is perfectly acceptable. That's all.