Anyone have any tips for worker with (older) colleagues who haven’t worked in a corporate setting before? There are just some norms folks on my team aren’t used to and I often find myself questioning WTH with the questions they ask

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I feel your pain. I told a couple of greybeards in the office I wanted to give them my cell number and they thought I was going to jail. Okay, that''s not true, but close. There are definitely some "more seasoned" colleagues who do a lot of things very well but are not as uptodate on technology as some of the younger ones. I try to soften the blow of pointing this out to them by asking their advice on things they do know a lot about -- even if I don't really need their advice. I get past the dumb questions issue by telling myself, "The only dumb question is the one that wasn't asked and should've been." Good luck navigating the path between caring for rookies and tending to seniors.

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