I've noticed a particular behavior from one of my junior colleagues that made me curious. During our in-person group meetings, he often makes various sounds, ranging from “mhm”, “yes yes”,
“right”, etc., and is quite proactive in voicing his eagerness. Keep in mind this isn’t a 1:1, but a gathering of coworkers listening to our manager speak.
One thing I've noticed is that he regularly tries to finish our manager's sentences, almost every few moments. Our manager would say something like “This quarter we would like to focus on event driven archi…” and the dude interjects with “…architectures!”
I'm in a bit of a quandary here, Is this a common practice in meetings? I’m asking because everyone doesn’t seem to be bothered by his near constant parroting. This is also the same guy that would every single day, pour coffee for mid level engineers and constantly asks people if they want him to deliver cheap curry takeaway when we honestly would rather eat out with our manager.