The thing is, I need to know if the person can push back in some way. it's a hard thing to do in interviews, but also the first point for me to check how a person reacts

I've been bitten too many times, with dev coworkers who don't give at least a little resistance when vague or stupid tasks show up. Only to notice hours or days later, when something was done completely the wrong way

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like you need to fire the person handing out vague and undefined tasks to everyone 😂

[–] ID10T@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Every task starts out as a vague idea that, at some point, needs to be narrowed down to something specific and actionable.

If you’re at a sufficiently large organization and you get lucky, that happens before it makes it to a developer. For the rest of us, it’s an important skill to be able to take a task, ask clarifying questions, and narrow it down to something actionable.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Listen up every client ever, I'm sorry but I'll have to let you go.