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Costin Grigore edited this page Mar 14, 2023 · 9 revisions

Read first http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Is best to ask on public forums/team in order to:

  • not decide who should help
  • not repeat the question/answer for future identical problems

Summary

  1. Investigate for 5 min
    • This will allow you to understand the problem, the involved concepts, how a response should be and eventually will let you discover the solution by yourself.
    • Otherwise you will likely get a
  2. Not recommended to spend days on trying to find the solution. Traps:
    • 5 more minutes and will work
    • I'm deleting all and start again
    • I'm not asking for help because I feel for sure is not above my competence level
    • Is better not to ask to make progress by myself. It worth the effort.
  3. Ask for help. The responses:
    • Easy -> Keep on investigating.
    • Heavy -> Here's a hint and come back after: X time/effort/done your homework. The hint could be:
      • Read this
      • Talk to X
    • The solution -> No time for helping you to learn. Apply it and move further.

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