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Asking dumb questions knowingly is rarely dumb, assuming you aren’t asking the same dumb questions repeatedly. If you are mentoring, someone is listening. It
by catchnear4321 4y ago
Asking dumb questions knowingly is rarely dumb, assuming you aren’t asking the same dumb questions repeatedly.
If you are mentoring, someone is listening. It would be highly unusual for that same person to talk down to you, and even more unusual for you to continue mentoring after that happened once or twice.
So, not to pry without cause, and not that you need to answer as it might reveal too much or you simply may not care to, but who is talking down to you?
Because this at face value sounds like an issue with either management or a subset of a team, or alternatively you are willfully or not, regardless of intent, leaving out some detail that makes it difficult to imagine the situation.
- nullskunk 4y ago100%, I should of mentioned this is an issue with management.
- catchnear4321 4y agoGood management knows when it knows less than the ICs it oversees. That’s a benefit. If your troops are experts at many things, you can rely on them and focus elsewhere. Bad management doesn’t know what they don’t know, doesn’t know what you know, doesn’t understand that you know more, and possibly at the same time subconsciously does and fears a knife in your hand. Never let the stress of bad management impact your health. And if it isn’t and the money is fine, try to laugh. Your “superior” is only that in hierarchy. Never let them suggest otherwise. Shoot, if you want some fun and don’t mind some fallout, go talk to HR. As a one liner, if you feel motivated manage up, if you feel demotivated, leave, and if you feel feisty, reach out to HR. Or do none of these because I’m a stranger on the internet. Just don’t let the words of a fool get you down.