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Speaking as an "elder" (Yikes!) - do ask questions. Worst case, you'll learn something. And most people who have been coding for a while are happy to explain th
by groby_b 13y ago
Speaking as an "elder" (Yikes!) - do ask questions. Worst case, you'll learn something. And most people who have been coding for a while are happy to explain things, because we know that it a) might help expose problems we thought we had covered, and b) makes sure that there's one more person who knows how to do things, and why stuff is the way it is.
If people get upset that you "dare questioning them", they're usually not as competent as they'd like to be seen. Treat them as volatile, and if you have questions where you're unsure, ask instead an experienced person you do trust.
But never, ever, rubber-stamp code you don't understand.
- quaunaut 13y agoI certainly came across people(so far, universally my bosses- lead developers who I didn't directly report to so far haven't been like this at all) who certainly had the "don't dare question me" attitude. It made it a lot more difficult to go to them when I was genuinely stuck too, because in general you always feel like you're getting in their way.