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 …
Applies to every field. There is this famous quote "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" with variants attributed to multiple famous scientists.