> Question for those in this space: is it possible for you to give constructive criticism for a project without calling people "incompetent"? Sometimes 'you're

> Question for those in this space: is it possible for you to give constructive criticism for a project without calling people "incompetent"? Sometimes 'you're incompetent at X' is constructive criticism. Someone who doesn't know how to accelerate a car is an incompetent driver. That doesn't make him a bad person; it doesn't make him worthless (as an example, neither Newton nor Plato knew how to accelerate a car); it does, however, make him incompetent at driving. One should understand one's weaknesses. I know lots about some things, a bit about others and nothing about yet others. As an example, I know absolutely nothing about assembly line engineering; I am an incompetent assembly line engineer—and thus I do not produce assembly-line-engineering products.