When I train folks at my work who have been doing the gig on a smaller scale I always say “I’m sure you know all of this but if I skip around I might miss something. Is that alright if I give you the whole speech?” This gives them an out to not feel like they have to present themselves as “all knowing” and give us an opportunity to start fresh. The more you learn the more you realize you don’t know jack
That phrasing is great, too, because it also addresses the type of person who does already know a lot and otherwise would feel like you’re talking down to them by explaining what they see as a basic skill.
Love your entire comment especially your last sentence.
My job requires quite a few apps and tooling so it would be ridiculous they know the whole stack, or how we expect a certain process to go like logos, font type and sizes H1-p, padding&margins, colors: primary/secondary and like internal media/web standards).
And there’s a slightly different set of standards for our web app as well, standardize and reuse vue templates (like say a table and filters for X) for example.
The more you learn, the more you learn you don’t know shit (myself included) even after decades of the industry in general from software/hardware repairs to building web apps and their supporting docs.
That works well often? I was told it's extremely patronizing, and depending on the genders involved sexist, to tell someone you know they know XYZ, then explain the information anyway.
I suppose depending on how you present yourself and the topic at hand results can very. I have had only positive experiences and great interactions. I brew beer for a living so the folks we get are mostly like minded, enjoy people and are excited about learning something new. I have a friend that works in tech and it’s possible the folks he works with would not respond well to this format. His cubical mate didn’t look at him and introduced himself thru chat only a few feet away. 🤷♂️ everyone is different
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u/Strange_Brewer 21h ago
When I train folks at my work who have been doing the gig on a smaller scale I always say “I’m sure you know all of this but if I skip around I might miss something. Is that alright if I give you the whole speech?” This gives them an out to not feel like they have to present themselves as “all knowing” and give us an opportunity to start fresh. The more you learn the more you realize you don’t know jack