Comments on this thread gave me loads of food for thoughts and I missed the thread to comment on it, so decided to write a short post: https://medium.com/@GedRa

Comments on this thread gave me loads of food for thoughts and I missed the thread to comment on it, so decided to write a short post: https://medium.com/@GedRap/when-working-with-other-people-you-will-have-battles-d03b04bb6705#.8ezmi3llb https://medium.com/@GedRap/when-working-with-other-people-yo... tldr: We would like to think that all disagreements can be solved by rational reasoning, comparing alternatives and coming up with the best plan of action together. In an ideal world, yes, that would be the case. True, there are teams with perfect chemistry, aligned attitudes and views, no interpersonal friction, etc, but these teams are rare. It is naive to expect that every team to be perfect. We are not robots, and we are not working on some conveyor of code, moving from one to ticket to another, coldly and indifferently. Placing yourself into a position of other person, trying to understand their sometimes irrational motivations, and combining it with assuming the best intentions will go a long long way.