`Part of being a more senior engineer is to be able to admit that one was incorrect, learn a lesson, and move on.`
I agree. The more I know, the deeper I go to validate my assumptions, the harder it is to share.
I agree. The more I know, the deeper I go to validate my assumptions, the harder it is to share.
Making mistakes is part of being a great engineer. It's one of the ways you learn. You're afraid to put stuff online because you're afraid of putting something out there that's wrong, but as you already acknowledged, being wrong is part of the process.
Accept that some of the things you share will be wrong. But you won't know which ones until you share them and until someone corrects you. Handle that correction gracefully, and you will model exactly the behavior you're trying to teach.
I’m interested in some ways to do this. For example, if it’s a blog post, do you go back and append these corrections? And how long do you have to do that? Should blog posts come with a shelf life?