Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I don't think in 40-ish years I have ever asked a manager what's a good day or week for me to take off. I probably have certain constraints and I can look at my calendar. And have a general sense for good and less-good periods.


Purely out of curiosity I one time ask for a risk analysis report my employer is legally obligated to maintain and share with me (but didn't have). Safe to say the response involved a lot of emergent behavior.

With people asking a question is never just asking a question.

Like with any job there is a sub set of tasks better done by a machine.


There are questions that should be asked but wont be and ones that could be asked but shouldn't be. It depends a lot on the persons, their relationship and the context where the lines are but if its just a bot you can ask anything. The answers would somewhat depend on your role but they wont depend on who you are or how few or how many questions you've used up in the last hour, today, this week, this month and this year. Humans are like that, we are like: I've never asked for anything! as if its an important metric.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: