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It doesn't even need to be "young males beating their chest". I've been in plenty of hostile reviews with completely harmless, introverted, soft spoken INTJ-ty

It doesn't even need to be "young males beating their chest". I've been in plenty of hostile reviews with completely harmless, introverted, soft spoken INTJ-types who simply can't get past some nitpick because it doesn't fit into their perfect, logical world view and refuse to budge an inch. Our industry has a personality problem as much or more as it has a sex problem.

gedy 10y ago
I agree, maybe I should have said passive-aggressive. It's certainly also an issue from the physically 'meek and mild' types.
paulddraper 10y ago
You nailed it. Unreasonable people come in all shapes and personalities.
cmdkeen 10y ago
Oi - I resemble that remark! I've also been on the reviewing end of plenty of types who think all small things are inconsequential nitpicks which excuses them from having to change anything. Then people moan about a lack of standards and consistency between teams... I've also died in a ditch over naming conventions for unit tests - whilst not my proudest moment - it drives home one of the key points in the article, that good managers work with all their people to make a cohesive team. Everyone has things to improve on and can benefit from constructive criticism. Management is far harder than technical work as humans always have state, there's no such thing as a pure function for humans. Knowing how to coach, mentor, advocate for, protect, encourage etc is not something you are born with, and you can't really spin up an AWS instance of a team of humans to practice on.
- flamedoge 10y ago
  As long as it's idiomatic... I'm sorta fine with it.
spcelzrd 10y ago
> Our industry has a personality problem as much or more as it has a sex problem. The data suggests our industry has a massive sex problem. Refocusing the debate onto yourself is a blocking factor in solving this problem.
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- mpweiher 10y ago
  Nope, the data does not suggest that.

gedy 10y ago

I agree, maybe I should have said passive-aggressive. It's certainly also an issue from the physically 'meek and mild' types.

paulddraper 10y ago

You nailed it. Unreasonable people come in all shapes and personalities.

cmdkeen 10y ago

Oi - I resemble that remark! I've also been on the reviewing end of plenty of types who think all small things are inconsequential nitpicks which excuses them from having to change anything. Then people moan about a lack of standards and consistency between teams... I've also died in a ditch over naming conventions for unit tests - whilst not my proudest moment - it drives home one of the key points in the article, that good managers work with all their people to make a cohesive team. Everyone has things to improve on and can benefit from constructive criticism. Management is far harder than technical work as humans always have state, there's no such thing as a pure function for humans. Knowing how to coach, mentor, advocate for, protect, encourage etc is not something you are born with, and you can't really spin up an AWS instance of a team of humans to practice on.

flamedoge 10y ago
As long as it's idiomatic... I'm sorta fine with it.

spcelzrd 10y ago

> Our industry has a personality problem as much or more as it has a sex problem. The data suggests our industry has a massive sex problem. Refocusing the debate onto yourself is a blocking factor in solving this problem.

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mpweiher 10y ago
Nope, the data does not suggest that.