By mswatcher
via codezest.com
Published: Sep 08 2008 / 18:05
I always love it when a fellow developer tells you at times he/she "doesn't recall" or "doesn't know" when you ask them a question (after doing your own research) based on something they clearly have done in the past (which is why you are asking them in the first place). Maybe that person you are asking mentioned it to the team or you in the past that they have done something like that, or you actually see it in use on their own web site. Whatever the case may be, you know that they DO know something about it, and that they are just being lazy or difficult.
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Topnotch replied ago:
It is absolutely CRUCIAL for knowledge to be distilled throughout the team. Questions should be asked and answered within reason.
Kirill Grouchnikov replied ago:
So it never happened to the author that he was asked a deeply technical question on the code that he wrote two years ago and he couldn't remember all the details (it's always the details, otherwise the person doing the research would have the answer already). Or maybe the author would prefer getting a response that is incorrect, sending him on a completely wrong path?
tostrinj replied ago:
That's the thing, if the author only works in development for a few month now, it might appear as if it is possible to remember everything he coded. At times I can't remember what was done few month ago, not to mention year or two.
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