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 favorite ones are the ones that start by saying “why are you struggling with that? Is actually very simple...” > proceeds on explaining why is it obvious for them and not the for the person they’re teaching to