I am an OpenEdge (aka Progress) developer that loves clean code and good looking applications that are easy to use. My main pet project is the Progress DataDigger
A former colleague taught me a lot on this subject; whenever he needed help, he kindly asked whether I could help him out. But often, the question seemed to trivial that I thought that he was not as good as I thought he was, because, come on, such a simple question!
But all the times, it turned out that he had tried to find the answer himself and that it wasn't as trivial as it seemed. We often spent quite some time figuring out a good solution. Since then I always assume that whoever asks me for my assistance, has indeed thought it over and knows what he or she is talking about. And that the solution is probably not what first comes to mind, because - since they're smart - they would have come up with that themselves without my help.
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A former colleague taught me a lot on this subject; whenever he needed help, he kindly asked whether I could help him out. But often, the question seemed to trivial that I thought that he was not as good as I thought he was, because, come on, such a simple question!
But all the times, it turned out that he had tried to find the answer himself and that it wasn't as trivial as it seemed. We often spent quite some time figuring out a good solution. Since then I always assume that whoever asks me for my assistance, has indeed thought it over and knows what he or she is talking about. And that the solution is probably not what first comes to mind, because - since they're smart - they would have come up with that themselves without my help.