In order to succeed as a software engineer, you need to absorb a lot of information quickly. After you absorb that information, you need to continue absorbing even more of it for the rest of your career as the tech industry is constantly changing and what's best practice today can easily be obsolete just 5 years later.
In order to become an information super-sponge, you simply have to ask questions and request a lot of support from the people around you - There's no way around that. However, a lot of engineers are scared that asking questions will make them look dumb, and guess what? *They are right.*
However, they're not entirely right. It's true that if you ask a low-quality question, that can damage your trust and reputation among the team. However, it's also true that if you ask questions properly, that loss will never happen. If you're scared of asking questions, let's fix that. Let's not only make it so that your questions don't make you look worse, they actually make you look *better* as an engineer. After going through this course, you will:
- 🧠 Have the right **mentality** behind asking questions
- 💡 Turn questions into a **strength**, not a weakness
- ✨ Understand the difference between a **high-quality** question and a **low-quality** question
- ⚙️ Ask stellar **technical** questions
- 🙏 Ask for **favors** effectively
Software engineering is incredibly hard - You simply can't flourish in the tech industry if you don't get help. With the tips from this course, you'll never need to be afraid getting it.
Overview
Syllabus
- Overview
- How This Course Works
- There Are No Stupid Questions
- The Key Behind Questions That Don't Suck
- Make Questions Your Superpower
- Figure It Out Or Get Help?
- Be Clueless In Public
- Diversify Your Asks
- Explain The Impact
- Be Appreciative
- Put Yourself On The Line
- Reducing Barriers
- Avoid Question Ping Pong
- Length Balancing
- Please Don't Do This: Leading Hello
- What Have You Tried?
- Technical Questions
- RFC Pull Requests
- Attaching The Code
- Target Domain Experts
- Favors
- Put Them On A Pedestal
- Give Them An Out
- Make Fulfillment Easy
- Follow The Golden Rule
- Stick The Landing
- Learn To Fish
- Deep Thanks
- Conclusion
- Give More Than You Take
- How You Should Evolve
- Go Deeper: Follow Through
Taught by
Alex Chiou