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Questions are a burden for others......
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zorya_thinks asked, in my previous post, "Have you thought about walking upstairs occasionally and engaging your team members face to face? "
This question is kicking up a lot of stuff for me.
The short answer is "no". There's no guarantee that the folks I need to talk to will be at their desks and available to answer questions. Plus I think there's a company policy about not having meetings or conferences in cubicles, because it creates too much noise for neighbors. We primarily use Microsoft Communicator (instant messenger) and Lotus Notes (email) for communication. I don't even pick up the phone and call them..
But I hate asking people questions. Sometimes I get a look or a tone of voice that conveys to me, "I expect you to know these things." Or I'm rebuffed with "I'm too busy". Or I'm given the passive-agressive response of no answer at all.
After all, asking for help is a sign of weakness. I'm expected to figure this stuff out on my own. That's why they hired me, right?
When I worked at AGI two years ago, one of the tem leads -- Mike -- resented my questioning him. He'd respond with "Google is your friend!" or provide me a link to lmgtfy.com (Let Me Google That For You). It was like he was saying to me, "Go away kid, you bother me."
I don't know when or why I learned to not bother people with questions. I guess it was in elementary school. I suspect it was my 3rd grade teacher who was tired of my incessant questioning and implored me to leave her alone. (I don't think she ever taught a gifted kid before me.)
zorya_thinks asked, in my previous post, "Have you thought about walking upstairs occasionally and engaging your team members face to face? "This question is kicking up a lot of stuff for me.
The short answer is "no". There's no guarantee that the folks I need to talk to will be at their desks and available to answer questions. Plus I think there's a company policy about not having meetings or conferences in cubicles, because it creates too much noise for neighbors. We primarily use Microsoft Communicator (instant messenger) and Lotus Notes (email) for communication. I don't even pick up the phone and call them..
But I hate asking people questions. Sometimes I get a look or a tone of voice that conveys to me, "I expect you to know these things." Or I'm rebuffed with "I'm too busy". Or I'm given the passive-agressive response of no answer at all.
After all, asking for help is a sign of weakness. I'm expected to figure this stuff out on my own. That's why they hired me, right?
When I worked at AGI two years ago, one of the tem leads -- Mike -- resented my questioning him. He'd respond with "Google is your friend!" or provide me a link to lmgtfy.com (Let Me Google That For You). It was like he was saying to me, "Go away kid, you bother me."
I don't know when or why I learned to not bother people with questions. I guess it was in elementary school. I suspect it was my 3rd grade teacher who was tired of my incessant questioning and implored me to leave her alone. (I don't think she ever taught a gifted kid before me.)
