One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Problem is that if you don't meet the requireemnts, by definition you are kind of dumb. And you don't want to be dumb, do you?
So you stay with your ego and your misery and stay with you unanswered questions, go in the internet, enter a rabbit hole, and do the same mistakes as everyone else.
I think this is a really toxic culture.
The most important questions in life are naive, are when you start, you don't even know how to formulate it properly.
Ask, just ask.
There’s no shame in asking a vague or incomplete question. That’s what questions are for. They’re to learn. So start with what you know to ask, and go from there.
Being afraid to ask a question is very very common
Too much pride, too much ego, too much shame
I see multiple communities that have a channel
#no-dumb-questionsAnd at some point you have to wonder: why is it necessary to say that in the first place ?
The issue is that devs and people in general have internalized super high standards of what "smart questions" are
Problem is that if you don't meet the requireemnts, by definition you are kind of dumb. And you don't want to be dumb, do you?
So you stay with your ego and your misery and stay with you unanswered questions, go in the internet, enter a rabbit hole, and do the same mistakes as everyone else.
I think this is a really toxic culture.
The most important questions in life are naive, are when you start, you don't even know how to formulate it properly.
Ask, just ask.
There’s no shame in asking a vague or incomplete question. That’s what questions are for. They’re to learn. So start with what you know to ask, and go from there.
The problem is not dumb questions, the problem who rush to give a quick answewr