What Have You Tried?

If you don't do it right, asking questions can seriously damage your reputation among the team and mark you as a low-performer. This lesson teaches you:

• Why engineers in particular are extremely allergic to low-quality questions
• How low-quality questions can put you in the target of a PIP (performance improvement plan)
• A simple way to identify if a question is low-quality or high-quality based on its overall vibe
• 3 core tactics you should try if possible before asking a question
• What it means to masterfully incorporate what you've tried into a question, explained with an incredibly in-depth example