Some of this language: “a smart fifth grader would”, “a good student would”, stuck out to me. I have experienced people talking like this at work and I think it can be harmful. I watched a group humiliate one person by saying “how could you get a job here and not know that?” I also had a coworker once offer to help me solve a problem, during which they said something like “any competent engineer should be able to …” I had only been there a couple of weeks and it really undermined my confidence.
I don’t think recognizing a trick problem is necessarily about being good or smart. Is the author of the cited blog post dumber than a fifth grader?
I don’t think recognizing a trick problem is necessarily about being good or smart. Is the author of the cited blog post dumber than a fifth grader?