@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

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looy593025
looy :
100% agreed, should've done this since school probably
2025-08-06 21:30:15
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shmida199113
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
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
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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a350lu73
Absolute :
This
2025-08-06 21:53:03
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atrophis
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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lagon06
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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ggascoigne
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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jbrisson17
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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give.some
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
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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kyrawildo22
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
someidentity :
more than 10 years experience and I forget bash commands after 6 months.
2025-08-07 00:11:31
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ffaabbiiooooo
Fabio :
also, ask the same thing as many times it takes to understand
2025-08-07 14:52:30
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walkerrandolphsmith
walkersmith :
High quality advice. 🎯
2025-08-07 02:47:55
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ruzanxx
ً :
love the content, can you make videos on micro services
2025-08-07 11:54:10
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marcos.devjourney
Marcos | Developer Journey :
Agree 👍
2025-08-18 15:53:14
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xamaracer
Xamaracer :
100% YES. Hard agree.
2025-08-09 13:27:02
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some_person596
some_person :
this is why i love your channel man - absolute gold.
2025-08-08 02:26:25
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iosiftsitsiridakis
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
kellygameon :
keep looking for jobs with the help of the smartapplierai yall
2025-08-11 10:11:00
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leakyprimesieve
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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rustumjordan
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
never.programming.again :
So easy for me since I’m actually dumb
2025-08-06 22:47:33
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mbqu8
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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