Intern season is starting up in a lot of places, so today& #39;s tweets will be dedicated to my former interns.

Search on Google or Stack Overflow for something before asking for help. If someone asked me for something (non-confidential) before searching, they got an lmgtfy link. 1/

If the search results are confusing after 30-60 minutes, please ask for help.

Don& #39;t spend the whole day stuck on something. Often all it takes is a revision of your search terms/vocabulary to get back on the right track. 2/

It& #39;s okay not to have a super specific question, but it is helpful to be able to point at some words or documents or diagrams and say "this is confusing".

If I have some anchor, I can usually use that as a starting point to triage how to unstuck someone.

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Especially during WFH, I think asking questions can be more intimidating. IMO, anything you& #39;d turn around and externally process at a coworker IRL is fair game for "can you hop on a quick call?" for screensharing & debugging.

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