[dcminter]

Ok, I was a little tongue in cheek, so I agree it's a bit more complicated than just asking any question that pops into my pretty little head.

But I do think that not worrying about whether people will think I'm ignorant for asking is a very important first step that I could have applied successfully when younger. Confidence is hard earned though.

When explaining stuff I've been working on to others I often tell them "what the fuck?" is a suitable question (to try and lower this barrier) :)

[temp0826]

I would often ask questions I knew the answer to (or mostly knew the answer to) just to get insight into someone's point of view, or to give insight into my point of view (usually coming from ops/administration/devops pov), and sometimes as a way to subtly point out that they are doing something terribly inefficient from the 10000 ft view (usually to more junior devs who have tunnel vision on their cog).