How do you avoid getting patronized by other developers?

Get good. ;-)

Do you work with a buncha jerks or something?

@Demolishun probably - but I’m also a jerk so it’s fine

Make a billion plus in tech

I out-smart them duh.

I work with good people so thankfully this usually doesn't happen to me.

I'm quite vocal about what I do and don't know and I've gotten quite good at predicting a person's conclusion about an issue and mentioning my take on it while we discuss.

If I demonstrate I can get in their brain space, they usually trust I will understand what they say without having to give too much unneeded detail.

Maybe a question to ask yourself and them is: have you given them a reason for them to be too verbose, or condescending?
It might be that they've been burnt in the past by people saying they understand but don't. People are lazy, so they might be more than happy to keep their conversations with you more succinct if you ask.

Feels silly writing down, but when people want to teach me something, I've found that parroting back what I understood from them in my own words helps build trust that I understand the topic.

Sorry you're having this done to you. Hope ^ helps somehow ♥️

@MammaNeedHummus all programmers are lazy though - that’s what makes them be able to think about things and solve problems.

@chonky-quiche the perfect level of lazy to automate something but engaged enough to spend hours learning how to do it, and then build a career on how to do it well

We are a contradictory peoples 🧑‍💻🧑‍🔬

Open carry.

I can be very verbose....

Though I find this not really a big thing like some people do.

Some call it patronizing, I just see it as the simplest way of communicating without misunderstandings.

... and from experience - most often it are these "obvious" things everyone knows that are the reason... Cause it wasn't so obvious for some people.

@IntrusionCM things I thought were obvious were not. To the point of people writing hazardous code. (C/C++ btw)