Asking Great Questions [Part 1] - How This Course Works

As a software engineer, you need to learn fast, and in order to do this, you simply have to ask a ton of questions. This course is here to teach you how you can ask high quality questions that get you the answers you need while increasing your reputation among the team. Here are the core parts of the lesson:

• Your instructor Alex Chiou walks you through his extensive 10+ year Silicon Valley background across top companies like Meta and Robinhood, explaining how he was able to raise new-grad Meta engineers [E3] all the way to high-performing tech leads [E5, Greatly Exceeds Expectations] in just 3 years

• You'll understand why asking questions is an art with a high skill ceiling, not a binary choice between "Do I ask" and "Do I not ask?"

• We walk you through the course objectives. By the end of the course, you will:

  • 🧠 Have the right mentality behind asking questions

  • 💡 Turn questions into a strength, not a weakness

  • ✨ Understand the difference between a high-quality question and a low-quality question

  • ⚙️ Ask stellar technical questions

  • 🙏 Ask for favors effectively

If you want to learn how Alex got his mentees promoted so quickly: [Case Study] Mentoring Junior SWEs [E3] to Senior [E5] In Just 2.5 Years At Meta