alt Hacker NewsIn my experience this usually doesn’t turn into a career hit, but a career boon. I’ve been doing this since I was a junior, now I’m a staff engineer, and admittedly I am biased toward myself, but my career growth has been robust and among both my current t team and my professional network I feel I command a fair amount of respect and approachability because of this practice, which always pays off in the long run
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bravesoul2 • last Saturday at 5:17 AM
There must be much more to it. Staff is a leadership role effectively, right?
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I've had a similar experience with doing this overall in terms of career impact. It hasn't consistently worked for me, though. It really depends on the team.
The main issue I've run into happens when a person's reply to my stupid question doesn't make sense to me. If I continue asking follow up questions in order to understand better they sometimes get angry. But if I stop asking questions when I start to detect anger then I am left feeling confused about how the system works. Either way I'm left with a negative emotional impression of the person's caliber. Which isn't great for me cohering with the team.
I imagine that you've also run into this problem. How do you think about it?