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And she has no way to know you are talking about AWS bills as she doesn't understand the language. Its intimidating, think from someone else's point of view.

• eukgoekoko 4y ago
  No it's not. If my current boss is talking German fast enough, I can barely understand. Whenever he's talking with the legal team he's using German. This is a clear indication to me that my participation is unneeded (altough I do communicate with our lawyers on variety of subjects). Moreover, I think overhearing other people's conversations is impolite.
  • arubania2 4y ago
    > No it’s not. Maybe to _you_, don’t assume other people are the same way. Along my whole career path (I’m a senior now) I’ve always been curious about the high-level technical stuff and took every opportunity to listen to knowledgeable people. I think there’s a term for it: incidental knowledge transfer. You might be stripping that person of the opportunity to grow, or maybe just to hear about something interesting for them to follow up on later.
    • eukgoekoko 4y ago
      I was sharing my personal experience with my boss because of > think from someone else's point of view. As for "incidental knowledge transfer" as you call it, there's another side of it: it's called distraction.