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steveBK12310/12/20241 replyview on HN

Yes, and some see this as a plus / others as a minus.

For juniors, there is some learning done by being extremely annoying constant question askers of their seniors. The good ones find a balance of actually trying things & collecting their thoughts before doing so.. more quickly than others.

They can often be steered in this direction if you ask the same set of questions until they internalize the checklist themselves of how you tackle a problem before bothering others.

Often, sitting in an on open floorplan with too high a concentration of juniors is essentially productivity killing to the point of lopping 20 IQ points off.


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linotype10/12/2024

Part of the job as a senior+ is training entry/mid-level software engineers. Their job, at least part of it, is to ask questions and learn.

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