I think this is something that can really be mitigated by more senior people modeling good behavior. For example, as a principal engineer on a new project or w

I think this is something that can really be mitigated by more senior people modeling good behavior. For example, as a principal engineer on a new project or working on something I wasn't familiar with, I'd go out of my way to ask things along the lines of "Hey, this might be a dumb question, but I'm new to X so could you explain how I do ..." I think this goes a long way to building up a culture of psychological safety on a team.