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[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

The hash question is just something from the top of my head. I normally fit it to the situation.

I absolutely take nervousness into account, as I can relate to it.

The thing is, I need to know if the person can push back in some way. it's a hard thing to do in interviews, but also the first point for me to check how a person reacts

I've been bitten too many times, with dev coworkers who don't give at least a little resistance when vague or stupid tasks show up. Only to notice hours or days later, when something was done completely the wrong way

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

Sounds like you need to fire the person handing out vague and undefined tasks to everyone 😂

[-] ID10T@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago

Every task starts out as a vague idea that, at some point, needs to be narrowed down to something specific and actionable.

If you’re at a sufficiently large organization and you get lucky, that happens before it makes it to a developer. For the rest of us, it’s an important skill to be able to take a task, ask clarifying questions, and narrow it down to something actionable.

Listen up every client ever, I'm sorry but I'll have to let you go.

this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2026
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