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Discussion on: What misconceptions do early-career devs have about this work?

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Muhammad Uzair

That's true, I found myself asking so many questions even explaining how we are going to solve a problem, But I found myself bit low because of so many questions I ask, it's like in every standup meeting I keep asking many questions and counter client in demand in many ways, It kinda "make me feel like if i have problem for every solution". Thinking about all scenarios before starting is time consuming & stressing as well.

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Kasey Speakman

That's a good point Muhammad. The other part of knowing that dev is not only about the technical details is using the same terminology as the customer/user/stakeholder. Early in my career I insisted the user learn my language about fields and strings and technical things. But I found the most success learning to speak the user's terms. So they can correct me when I use them wrongly, and then I learn to see from their perspective. Even practice what they do if I can. Then when I code something I'm thinking of solving their problem more than the technical. Even if it is a little off target it's close enough that it can be fixed without large refactors. And it doesn't accrue as much tech debt in general.