miles_grant35•1mo agoProlific Poster

Vent: A guy at a coffee shop in Austin told me asking for help is a sign you don't know your stuff.

I was working on a tricky coding problem at a table last month and asked a friend online for a second opinion. The guy next to me leaned over and said, 'Real pros figure it out alone.' He was dead serious. I just nodded, but it stuck with me. Who thinks like that in 2024? Has anyone else run into this 'lone wolf' attitude in tech?

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ellis.charles19d ago

My uncle was a master electrician for forty years and his shop had a rule. If you didn't ask at least one question a week, you weren't paying attention. That coffee shop guy has it backwards. Knowing when you're stuck is the skill.

uma_lopez1mo ago

Reminds me of a coworker who refused to use documentation.

hernandez.ben1mo agoMost Upvoted

I had a guy like that on my last project. How much time did they actually waste by not looking things up first?

olivia_chen3519d ago

Had a guy like that" is putting it lightly. We had one who spent two full days trying to fix a config error because he wouldn't check the setup guide. The answer was in the third paragraph.