Asking for feedback can be difficult or even intimidating. There are many factors that can influence how you ask for it: company culture, personal fears, an unengaged manager, unhelpful past feedback, etc.
While this may be true, it shouldn't discourage you from asking for feedback. As someone who leads teams, I have to provide tons of feedback, both on a regular basis and at every performance review. In a previous post, I describe how I provide feedback using the SBIN frameworkI want to build on this framework to also provide you with a set of model/guiding questions that will help you guide your feedback and, in turn, get a higher quality response.
PS 1: While the title of the blog post is aimed at individual contributors, data science managers may find the content valuable to pass along to their teams.
PS 2: The inspiration for this post came from working together with Stefano FrancoVery attentive team leader in helping others through the development of standard team tools.