1,000,000% this. If a senior engineer can’t explain it to you in a way you understand - even if you are a lot less experienced - that’s THEIR deficiency. Not yours. When this happens, it means THEY actually don’t understand it well enough.https://twitter.com/noahsussman/status/1170870234066165760 …
My most formative professional exp was building the cape physics for a superheroes game, then working for months with the artists and animators to use it— these were the ps2 days Knowing exactly what you mean and understanding the vocab of your ally is fundamental