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I am pretty tolerant when it comes to not knowing things or time for learning new skills. With this fast changing industry i can not help it but tolerating.

But when i catch someone lying at least twice about something technical, i do my part to make sure the person is not hired or next to leave. There is no trust.



An engineer who can’t admit they don’t know something when it matters is actively harmful to the work of engineering.


This. I am genuinely excited when I am faced with a problem set where I don’t know something (e.g. need to research, explore, gain a skill, or otherwise educate myself) — seriously, it’s the best. The only thing better is learning (or being told) that I was wrong about something and then re-evaluating my belief/understanding stack in order to find and correct the error. I have such little patience for folks fronting or faking knowledge/expertise - it’s such a fucking waste of time for everyone else.


> An engineer who can’t admit they don’t know something when it matters is...

a bad engineer.




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