I recently started to "be more curious," which is a common piece of advice in engineering. However, I find that sometimes I ask questions that come off accidentally rude. For example, asking "why" a lot of times can come off as annoying or irrelevant. (Or, could probably be better answered by a Google search.)
So my question is, how do you ask about something you're curious about in a polite way? Do you filter out questions that are irrelevant to the topic at hand? Do you make sure that whoever you're asking that they can answer your question?
I suppose the topic of this post could be more aptly put, how do you ask good, not annoying, questions?
So my question is, how do you ask about something you're curious about in a polite way? Do you filter out questions that are irrelevant to the topic at hand? Do you make sure that whoever you're asking that they can answer your question?
I suppose the topic of this post could be more aptly put, how do you ask good, not annoying, questions?