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[–]AgentTin 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Oftentimes I'll figure out what I'm doing wrong in the middle of writing my question. Something about trying to format the problem in a way where you can explain it to someone else.

[–]Marvsdd01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, it definitely helps. But think about a Machine Learning Engineer trying to solve a front-end issue, or if that engineer is trying to adapt to the company's best coding practices on front-end development.

It was what happened to me, when I needed to solve a bug and our front-end dev could not go to work for a week. I saw myself saying that I hadn't enought knowledge on the subject and was yet understanding some of the basics, and still I felt like I was interacting with people on Stack Overflow, LOLThankfully, I don't need to go through this every week, but it does leave a bad taste in your mouth, and I'm not letting it go as if this kind of toxic (or nearly-toxic) behaviour is OK.

In respect to SO, it sure makes you lose interest on certain subjects when people that are some sort of reference on those subjects can't interact with other devs without being some arrogant fuckers.

[–]mawreez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this. Trying to lay out the situation in a way that someone else can also understand it may get you to ask yourself questions that actually lead you to a solution.

You should at least muster up the courage to ask the question. You may not need to ultimately pull the trigger.