Post AbdxPifuGkCk7IO9ei by ljmclean@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AbdjWq8nVhp7wOP3se by dave@podcastindex.social
2023-11-09T19:34:21Z
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One of the harder things for junior IT people to learn is "users lie". You can't take a user's word that they "already tried that".
(DIR) Post #AbdjpvsQPOEtETqhk0 by IceCubeSoup@noagendasocial.com
2023-11-09T19:37:51Z
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@dave Many times users don't even understand the "it" which is under discussion. Sometimes their anwser is a lie, sometimes its a non-sequitur
(DIR) Post #Abdm3LoRUVULLNVpPE by Ferrelljeremy@podcastindex.social
2023-11-09T20:02:33Z
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@dave and they lie for no reason and the end user's assement of the problem may not be correct. Trust but verify.
(DIR) Post #AbdtmtXRe47seYE4kS by dellagustin@fosstodon.org
2023-11-09T21:29:19Z
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@dave my tip is not to ask "did you do x", rather "tell me exactly what you did".
(DIR) Post #AbdxPifuGkCk7IO9ei by ljmclean@mstdn.social
2023-11-09T22:09:54Z
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@dave Amen!
(DIR) Post #Abe1mB95UonabX0E7c by rpodcast@podcastindex.social
2023-11-09T22:58:42Z
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@dave We have a similar situation in data science / statistics. Back in grad school, a few students needed stat consulting help would come with data that didn't make any sense for their project, yet were totally convinced they did the right thing.Just like with programming: Garbage in, garbage out!
(DIR) Post #Abf3PT9ilL6ArsYeDA by Lehmancreations@podcastindex.social
2023-11-10T10:51:52Z
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@dave 100% true
(DIR) Post #AbgdfKqVDY4zEiORbU by SirSpencer@noagendasocial.com
2023-11-11T05:12:51Z
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@daveToo true lol I get my students on this all the time"Check your import statement, you must have a spelling, casing or syntax error on that line""Nope, I checked it, it looks exactly like yours""Alright, go ahead and share your screen."*shares screen, missing a letter in the import statement as suspected*