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Bring it up to your boss, and make sure you're clear that you need it to stop. These are the kind of jerks that can do a lot of harm to your confidence and your
by trustfundbaby 10y ago
Bring it up to your boss, and make sure you're clear that you need it to stop. These are the kind of jerks that can do a lot of harm to your confidence and your career as a programmer, especially if you're a minority in programming already (by making question if it wouldn't be better if you just went and did something else, which is already something that the world is telling you from the get go).
Don't let it slide, raise the issue to HR if you need to.
If it doesn't end, go find another job where you can grow and just leave. Don't look back. Working with people like this is very poisonous in lots of insidious ways, and ultimately never worth the stress
- HillaryBriss 10y agoIt's interesting that a lot of companies complain about a shortage of programmers and applicants, but, at the same time, allow this sort of toxic environment to persist.
- BurningFrog 10y agoOf course, since there is such a shortage of programmers, people are reluctant to fire the jerks. It's also hard for outsiders to tell who is the jerk when two programmers don't get along. It's often both of them. This profession attracts a lot of people with low social skills, on or off the spectrum, so this stuff is hard...
- karmajunkie 10y agoThere's no shortage of programmers. There's a shortage of employers willing to pay programmers more than a rounding error on the success of the company.