Every once in a while I get reminded of the relief junior devs feel when they come to me or other more experienced people and we don't know the answer to a problem, and how valuable that is.
I think a lot of tech (me included) struggles with not wanting to be wrong or seem stupid, but it sets an unreachable expectation on ourselves and our junior colleagues.
Junior devs: if everything is confusing, you're not stupid
Senior devs: let people see you mess up
@hauntedlatte Buddy o' mine wrote this if you want to do it the lazy way http://ramble-on.surge.sh/
@hauntedlatte I love getting stumped.
Recently I noticed some of my devs starting to rubber ducky problem solving and code discovery techniques with me and it was pretty great.
@hauntedlatte You speak truth! I have made an entire career and a whole lot of great working relationships based on:
"Hmmm, I don't know. Let's go figure it out together. Where do you think we should start?"
Asking that last question is the key. Even if you think you might know the answer, ask it, and then let the magic happen! You'll be surprised at how often the best answer was completely different than your initial assumptions!
PS: Gawd I love being able to type more than 140 character!
@hauntedlatte Actually that's a pretty good life advice; sometimes by admitting failure we appear stronger and more mentally stable than when we are desperately trying to hide our faults, fearing that other people could find us incompetent. We all make mistakes, and if someone doesn't then we apparently don't know enough about this person.
@antekone It is definitely humanizing!
@hauntedlatte One on the most important skill for a dev is knowing how to use search engince.
Most problems you have, are probably solved by someone else, or can give you some hints about it.
But that s also help to get quickly the good documentation your are looking for.
@hauntedlatte this post, boosted by @wavebeem, js why I'm following you. It's such important advice. Thank you.
yeah i think @hauntedlatte is pretty damn cool ;p definitely follow her
I wanna tweet this but is it worth paring down... nah