>In my defense though, I was REALLY young.

No need to apologize, needing an excuse to lack knowledge is how we end up with people afraid to ask.

I try to make it visible when I’m among juniors and there’s something I don’t know. I think showing the process of “I realize I miss some knowledge => here’s how I bridge the gap” might help against the current trend of going through the motions in the dark.

It used to be that learning was almost a hazing ritual of being belittled and told to RTFM. That doesn’t really work when people have a big bold shortcut on their phones at any given time.

We might need to make the old way more attractive if we don’t want to end up alone.