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I hate looking stupid when I have to ask clarifying questions after the person explaining something to me has left out a ton of information. People assume way too often that I can “fill in the details” from a vague description that they think is complete.

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  • 6
    So many times I'm the one asking questions who no one knows while they just gave an estimation based on feeling or so
  • 4
    Are you by any chance asking your management about business requirements?

    I'm in a project where I'm waiting for those 3 years already and still don't have a clear answer .
  • 5
    You don't look stupid to anyone in the know, especially if they can't answer those clarifying questions. I do this all the time, and I have it on good authority it's never me who walks away looking incompetent. At least not in this situation 😅
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    @NeatNerdPrime In this case it’s simple content management. The request is to post a video. But there’s design and title/description/additional metadata content required that I don’t have. They assume I can just write it without expertise in the topic of the video.
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