Exactly - what I mean by incompetent engineers is they will get “blocked” and then wait for someone else on the team to eventually find out and rescue them. Syn

Exactly - what I mean by incompetent engineers is they will get “blocked” and then wait for someone else on the team to eventually find out and rescue them. Synchronous communication helps for these types of people. For engineers who can more independently work, and figure things out on their own (such as reaching out to experts if needed), asynchronous works fine in most situations.