1. One red flag mentioned by Dan for new grads joining engineering companies is the tendency to be too afraid to look stupid, which can hinder learning and slow down one's progress.
2. According to Dan, there is a downside to looking stupid in situations like interviews, where the interviewer might not have a direct connection to the job or co-workers, and the cost of being perceived as stupid can be high.
3. I think that the most relatable example is either COVID or learning things that are hard for me.
4. To some degree I do feel pressure to not ask certain questions, I think this may be due to judgment from peers or how some teacher relay information in a way that expects you to already know the material or material closely related.
5. I think that as this is most likely the first class that many people have done html/css/js that it would be good to go over more basic material so that people would know that they are learning. I think that going over the slides/coding a bit slower would allow people to comprehend and come up with questions instead of rushing to keep up while taking notes.
6. I think that spending an hour going through debugging techniques could be a very valuable and practical session that would allow everyone to learn what they should look for in the work place and would give us a better in depth view of how to look at debugging. I do not feel as though we have been given a good understanding of debugging as we do not see what it looks like and the process. Instead we learn ourselves as we go.