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Re:A guide for how to talk to a developer by thorell on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:42PM (#17136845)
I think you're right. I also know technical people who obscure gaps in their own knowledge with jargon. So clarifying questions that might expose the gap are responded to with increasingly technical rambling. Bad habits all around, feeding off each other.
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Re:A guide for how to talk to a developer by watwut on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:51PM (#17136962)
Increasingly technical rambling is good. What I hate is when techies start to imply that whoever they talk with is an idiot after they reach limit of their knowledge. That tactic is used surprisingly often.

It makes people scared to ask and passive.

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Re:A guide for how to talk to a developer by IshKebab on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:00PM (#17138237)
No he means increasingly technical rambling that is also meant to obscure the fact that they don't know the answer. Definitely not good.
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