The Cost of Silence
All engineers and professionals in the tech industry, at least one time or multiple times in professional life, suffered from impostor syndrome. Besides the impostor syndrome, as humans, we dont like to receive bad feedback. Remote work can often be a source of more silence than would usually happen in a face-to-face work environment. Everyboddy is on the call with the video off, just audio, why would you turn your video on? You are joining a new team, you don't ask questions, you wait for the last minute when you need to code something, then you "might" ask questions. It's possible you are wondering now: What do impostor syndrome, zoom calls, onboarding new team members, and asking questions have to do with such a blog post? Is it all ramblings? No. All these moments build up on something I'm calling: The Cost of The Silence. Silence is not desired; meetings that are supposed to reduce the cost of silence, like Daily meetings, fail the goal and often just bring w...