Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Engineer's Codex's avatar

I find that being overly defensive is common among young engineers who did well in school and/or excelled in their internships/first jobs. It was personally hard for me to go from feeling confident and smart to being surrounded by smarter people who can challenge you properly.

But eventually I embraced this and I grew much much faster as a result.

What I learned the most was to phrase things as nicely as possible. Challenges that feel mean can be hurtful even if the intentions are good. Phrasing things nicely while still challenging firmly was super important.

Expand full comment
Anton Zaides's avatar

Just reading about the accustation makes my blood boil :)

Great tips!

Expand full comment
2 more comments...

No posts