[saddestcatever]

I'm assuming that's due to the mental framing of the relationship. When a Junior Developer identifies the student/teacher relationship, you can encourage their growth in a way that you can't with a peer-to-peer relationship. The questions asker needs to understand that they're getting help LEARNING and not just an answer.

[P_I_Staker]

Naw, that's just the way many people are. If you can't give them the answers they want they'll assume you're incompetent (aren't you a senior engineer?), if you refuse to, they'll just think you're a jerk (quit playing games and tell me what I need to know). They don't want you to treat them like a child, because you're "trying to help them learn". Some people just hesitate to run with the premise, it'll look like you're making them jump through hoops, and wasting time.