A blue rubberduck with an Australian flag and the text Australia printed on it, positioned on a white cup

  • emptyother@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    I should probably post a picture of myself. I don’t have count on how many times people have asked me for help but figuring it out while explaining it to me. Or me to them probably just as often.

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      11 months ago

      What if (bear with me here), you tried explaining the problem to a rubber duck instead of colleagues?

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        11 months ago

        I’m a dev manager of a remote team: I would encourage my team to talk to each other over their favorite rubber animal anytime, if the opportunity is given.

        This facilitates both knowledge sharing and teamwork.

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          11 months ago

          Yes and I agree, but the post was about rubber ducks, the whole point of which is not discussing with a person (at least not at first).

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      11 months ago

      Tiny rubber ducks are actually dirt cheap from china. Keep a few in your pocket/desk, and hand them out when it happens.