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Ali Spittel

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What's your favorite question to be asked?

My favorite icebreaker question is "What's your favorite question to be asked?" because it really sparks relationships and further questions! So, what's yours?

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Sean

It doesn't work... why?, it works... why?

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Dragos Nedelcu

Why?

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Risav

Can we take it a step further?

Yes we can! I had to painfully smother myself because going further ahead was out of scope this sprint.

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sunflowerseed

What is the earliest time you can start working?

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bittnkr

What is missing?

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Kendall Link

What problem is this solution trying to solve?

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Will Sheppard

If the universe is so big, and there are so many planets, then where are all the aliens?

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Will Sheppard • Edited

Why is my code not working?

Or even better:

Why is my code intermittently not working?

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Richard Schloss

"How is your day?" (but only if the person asking it really means it)

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Loïc Coenen

Tabs or space?

 
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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

I will read it if you write it in Brazilian Portuguese too :)

 
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Michel Renaud

Funny thing is that this is the first thing that came to mind for me too. lol

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Ah ah ah, this is so great.
I discovered recently the power of asking simple questions, but this one beat them all.

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Félix Dion-Robidoux

"What's the most underrated language?"

And to that, loudly and with confidence, I answer "SmallTalk" !

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Kumbi Madzinga

Not really an icebreaker, but a low gear shift on stock questions when I'm not up for "networking" networking...

Person: "What do you do?"
Me: "I'm a rodeo clown. You?"