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Maybe your colleagues perceive that they are being asked to study a bunch of off-topic material. Is reading RFC 2119 really the most productive use of their time?

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https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119 is 664 words, including links, author's contact info, headers/footers, etc.

Also it's basically "what that word means in English".

I don't think it takes that long to study.

If they can't be bothered to read and comprehend the two pages of RFC 2119, preferably in an hour or less, it raises grave doubts about their capacity to operate in a technical capacity. We kinda have to do a shitload of reading and understanding to know how things work - at least that is what I find myself doing most of my time.

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