[Joeri]

Asking for help is an implicit admission of lack of skill or knowledge. People think this reflects negatively on them. In a good team it actually reflects positively, because it means the person thinks learning is more important than ass-covering, but then not everyone works in a good team.

[rysulliv]

You are exactly right, it is an admission of lack of knowledge. My thinking is that if the majority starts looking at learning and growing as a positive rather than a negative, then a lot more positive things will come of that. Now while this may take decades at large corporations, it is the kind of things startups and founders can implement in their small business and see some real change.