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> “What would convince you to leave for a job somewhere else?"

> Imagine my surprise when I got more constructive feedback from this this one question than I had in my entire first year of managing the engineering team

It feels like a cop-out not sharing the answers he received, since his article is premised on those answers and how constructive they allegedly were. Would have made things less abstract too.

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Author here. The answers were beside the point. The thought I was attempting (perhaps poorly) to convey was that I asked something that felt risky and was rewarded. This was encouraging. What if the rest of my team felt as open to ask questions in which the answer might raise some eyebrows or incur flat out ridicule or judgement from teammates?

I understand, but writing 101 is "show don't tell"... It would have been better to show us what happened then to just tell us some high level points. It would make things less abstract.

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