@stevencodes.swe: One of the best pieces of SWE career advice I could give that no one told me. Asking dumb questions is one of the smartest things you can do. Get over the feeling of looking dumb and start getting answers. Your teammates will thank you for it. #techcareer #tektok #software #programming
100% agreed, should've done this since school probably
2025-08-06 21:30:15
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Shmida199113 :
That’s why working from the office is a treasure. You can close fast loops on questions and listen and learn from others asking questions and getting answers
2025-08-06 22:16:19
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AdhditudeInHalf :
The new on my team just got let go bc of this, too afraid to ask questions.
2025-08-07 00:52:20
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beentherebro :
i always say, "i dont care if you dont know how to do something, but you better ask when u dont" that said, now days, ask the llm first.
2025-08-07 03:15:49
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Absolute :
This
2025-08-06 21:53:03
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Atrophis :
Most of us are all in our own little bubbles like I know how to do my small section of the software and what it takes to maintain that very well… I don’t know anything about what other teams are doing so if we need to mix for something we are probably both clueless
2025-08-06 22:16:05
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Logan :
Are you self taught or did you goto school to learn? Any advice for somebody starting out? I’m trying to learn but feel like I’m all over the place sometimes lol
2025-08-07 03:47:15
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Guy Gascoigne-Piggfo :
Senior engineers really need to do this too, model the behavior that you want to see. And let’s be honest, we don’t know all the answers, we just have more experience to frame good questions.
2025-08-07 04:38:24
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Jacques Brisson :
100% with you on this. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Vast majority of ppl around don’t know either but are too afraid to ask.
2025-08-06 22:59:01
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jpol :
It's also a great example to set for the rest of the team! Juniors will often hold back their questions and feel unqualified unless they see more senior teammates also asking for clarification
2025-08-08 00:10:24
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juanitomint :
I literally gave this advice to our new hires today plus you only on-board once so try to learn as much as you can don't rush into tasks
2025-08-08 01:41:58
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kyra wildo :
I had this one question in my team lately, I was afread to ask it, the day i asked I had collegues that were 10 years in the industry, turns out everybody was calculating that metric diffrently and they didn't know 😂 so at best one of them was right. so ask don't be afraid
2025-08-07 14:41:36
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someidentity :
more than 10 years experience and I forget bash commands after 6 months.
2025-08-07 00:11:31
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Fabio :
also, ask the same thing as many times it takes to understand
2025-08-07 14:52:30
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walkersmith :
High quality advice. 🎯
2025-08-07 02:47:55
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ً :
love the content, can you make videos on micro services
2025-08-07 11:54:10
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Marcos | Developer Journey :
Agree 👍
2025-08-18 15:53:14
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Xamaracer :
100% YES. Hard agree.
2025-08-09 13:27:02
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some_person :
this is why i love your channel man - absolute gold.
2025-08-08 02:26:25
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Ιωσήφ Τσιτσιριδάκης :
Could you tell us what did you do, how did you practice, to reach the level you are now? I think that you have put more effort apart the 8 hours of your job, can you give more details? Maybe we can get inspired from your experience!
2025-08-06 22:03:47
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kellygameon :
keep looking for jobs with the help of the smartapplierai yall
2025-08-11 10:11:00
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LeakyPrimeSieve :
sometimes the "dumb question" exposes assumptions made by folks too close to the problem and totally changes what the solution is
2025-08-06 21:31:07
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Jordanskie :
i do ask dumb question to dev group chat and other devs do not reply 🙄
2025-08-07 02:30:36
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never.programming.again :
So easy for me since I’m actually dumb
2025-08-06 22:47:33
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tryfg2137 :
they only care if you DONT ask and then your stuff goes tits up 😆
2025-08-06 22:22:10
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