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It'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

• BurningFrog 10y ago
  Of 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 ago
    There'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.