The Art Of Strategic Questioning

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Content THEN THE JUNIOR DEV ASKED "DIDN'T WE WRITE A MANUAL FOR THIS THING?"

The perfect illustration of what happens when you tell someone you're a software developer. First panel: normal conversation about back pain. Second panel: the moment you mention "software development" and suddenly the other person transforms into a shy, awkward mess. That hunched silhouette in panel three is the universal developer posture™ - the evolutionary result of 10 hours daily of staring at Stack Overflow errors. Your spine gradually morphs into a question mark, much like your code comments. The real joke? We spend thousands on ergonomic chairs while maintaining the posture of a cave troll examining a particularly interesting pebble.

Content -(4) SeanTAllen 12h If you clone a person, are they the same person? Yes No 84 votes 11 hours left 9 4 1 1 Liam Hammett LiamHammett 11h Depends if you clone by reference or by value 17 1 14 000

Content old project You participated on this project last year, right? Yup In fact, You created and maintained this code Yup So it's logical to assume that you still know how this code works That makes sense to me Then explain to me how this code works!!! I don't know

That torn piece of paper with handwritten IP addresses and login credentials is the true legacy system of every IT department. When your entire infrastructure depends on that one scrap that's been through coffee spills, desk moves, and now mouse erosion. The paper has reached its EOL before the systems it documents! The final stage of DevOps maturity: replacing your paper mousepad with actual documentation before it physically disintegrates beneath your RGB gaming mouse.