For me, it hits hardest at work. My day job is a technical one, and there are lots of specific processes and jargon, and "tribal knowledge", that people in the field are expected to pick up by osmosis. When I was starting out, I lived in terror of being asked to do some technical task as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, and having no idea what I was being told to do. It didn't help that I'd had "fake it till you make it" drilled into my head, and I knew from past experience that asking the wrong question at the wrong time gets the same kind of looks that you described getting when you screwed up the context. Simply being encouraged to ask for clarification didn't get me over that hurdle. The only thing that did was time and experience.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Yep it’s tough dealing with all that jargon and "tribal knowledge" at work. I never heard that term before, how cool. I totally get the fear of being asked to do something that seems obvious to everyone else. Time and experience really are the best teachers, aren’t they? What a great reminder that while it’s good to ask questions, sometimes just sticking with it and gaining experience is key. Thank you.
For me, it hits hardest at work. My day job is a technical one, and there are lots of specific processes and jargon, and "tribal knowledge", that people in the field are expected to pick up by osmosis. When I was starting out, I lived in terror of being asked to do some technical task as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, and having no idea what I was being told to do. It didn't help that I'd had "fake it till you make it" drilled into my head, and I knew from past experience that asking the wrong question at the wrong time gets the same kind of looks that you described getting when you screwed up the context. Simply being encouraged to ask for clarification didn't get me over that hurdle. The only thing that did was time and experience.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Yep it’s tough dealing with all that jargon and "tribal knowledge" at work. I never heard that term before, how cool. I totally get the fear of being asked to do something that seems obvious to everyone else. Time and experience really are the best teachers, aren’t they? What a great reminder that while it’s good to ask questions, sometimes just sticking with it and gaining experience is key. Thank you.