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Ali Spittel
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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Jason C. McDonald

"What's causing this segfault in my code?"

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Sung M. Kim • Edited

"Why" questions.
Typically "why did do you do it this way?".

because they usually help me back-track & explain what happened.
(translated, they make me "think" 🧠)

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Ben Halpern • Edited

How can I make my website faster?

As long as they’re not looking for details on specific frameworks and more general principles, I know I have a lot to say!

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Kaushal Gautam

Would you consider writing more posts on that front, Ben? :)

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K

"WHAT'S YOUR ONE REP MAX?!"

Joke aside, I don't really know...

Somehow I'm most happy when I'm asking the questions.

How do you feel?

What do you do for fun?

What do you do for a living?

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George Rodier

What is something you are interested in learning next?

I have such a long list and am so excited about so many things. It's a vague question, but one that I could discuss for hours.

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Ashlee (she/her)

I honestly really enjoy the "interesting fact" question because it gives me an excuse to talk about my three-legged pitbull. πŸ•

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Tyler V.

Sounds like a real trooper πŸ˜‰

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Vicki Langer

πŸ˜‚ I see what you did there.

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Edward Tam

"Are you are PEY or a Co-op?"

(Toronto joke ... PEY is a 16-month internship program in UofT, Co-op is a 4-month internship program from U of Waterloo, and I am 30yo)

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Hitesh Burla

What are you up to these days?

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Milad Nekofar

What are we doing here? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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Fernando Doglio

Mine is "what if...", I actually love asking that question to myself as well. Those two words spark something in me, and my imagination goes wild.