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 …
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Replying to @sarahmei
This is a Feynman thing also. If you can’t explain an idea to someone who knows nothing about it, then you don’t understand it yourself. It’s a good self-check.
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Replying to @SeamusBlackley @sarahmei
I call it the mom test. If my mother can understand ,Its Good for public consumption
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Replying to @MegavoltService @sarahmei
Um, often I’d suggest the dad test. A lot of families are where the mom wears the slide rule, if you know what I mean.
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