[crispyambulance]

> I don’t think welcoming all types of questions should be expected in this type of environment.

That's the "work-should-be-like-stackoverflow" attitude that many folks have. It's toxic.

What may sound like "a stupid question" might be a signal that the asker just needs some direction to get oriented. Or in the case with a bootcamp grad they might be missing whole areas of knowledge that others take for granted. You may argue that they shouldn't be there, but then the blame has to go to whoever did the hiring. It's not like bootcamp grads have been certified by a board to be programmers.

Part of being a senior/expert is being able to communicate with, onboard and assess juniors and new members. That always means MORE than just trying to exactly answer their specific questions. It means probing behind the question and trying to understand where they are coming from and what they need rather than simply what they're asking.

If you can't do that, and you just expect folks to "hit the ground running", you're not really a senior, you're a cog that needs other cogs to mesh with.

[mypastself]

I think you’re arguing against a far more extreme version of the comments than the ones I actually wrote, but I will address one point. The claim that whoever hired the person is solely responsible for their performance takes away the person’s agency to an unfair extent.