My workplace is the exact opposite. They scoff at types let alone categories. One guy literally told me, and I kid you not, that he doesn't need type checking,

My workplace is the exact opposite. They scoff at types let alone categories. One guy literally told me, and I kid you not, that he doesn't need type checking, all he needs is to be "careful." We don't learn things together, instead what happens is if I present something new, another person stays silent looks it up at home on google and comes to work the next day pretending he's an expert on the topic. It's toxic.