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Discussion on: The key to learning fast is looking dumb

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Sajal Shrestha

Hi Sun-Li, During my first web development internship, I felt really dumb at the office. My mentor was right opposite from where my work table was. During the first week or 2, I asked him a lot of questions, days went by and I realized I've been asking too much help, then I stopped asking him and I used to spend hours googling the issues that I was stuck in. A few days later, He came to my table and said, 'Look, man, please don't hesitate to ask me questions. I don't want you getting stuck in the problem for hours or even days. Just ask me. To be honest, I am flattered when you ask me.' And I was really happy to hear that. 😌

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Khoi Hoang

Happy to hear you have a fantastic mentor. Wish I also had one as you.

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Sun-Li Beatteay

That's awesome! We definitely need more folks like him in the tech industry.