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Did you practice due diligence of RTFM (reading the fucking manual) & researching the problem earnestly before asking a question that requests people to commit their time to answer it (ie, were you considerate), and did you show the effort you had put into answering the question yourself & what insights you gained before getting stuck? That's usually it. No one appreciates their time wasted by poor effort.
I used to work with a programmer who would schedule meetings with IT subject matter experts of systems we were working on integrating. Instead of doing the research in advance & coming prepared with meaningful questions, he'd waste their time (and mine!) with questions he could have answered by reading public documentation. It was infuriating.
All of this. It should also be said that if you don't understand something in the manual that's ok too, but at least do a quick search to see if you can solve it. You ask when you bottom out, not to skip effort.
Sometimes you may find that there are 2 or 3 things you could try and you want some help before investing too much more time (as long as you invested some). That's also totally fine to reach out for.
Thank you, NSFW enjoyer.