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mancerayder on Feb 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mistakes I've Made as an Engineering Manager

Not on the same call that you explained it to the first person, I imagine?

chasd00 on Feb 22, 2021 [–]

Even in the same call. You’d be surprised how often people say “I got it” and then stumble when you ask them to explain what they just “got”.

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