>And if you tell me that you haven’t had this feeling ever, then you’re lying. Tell me about higher goals, training rookies and all that — I know you’re simply

>And if you tell me that you haven’t had this feeling ever, then you’re lying. Tell me about higher goals, training rookies and all that — I know you’re simply too full of themselves. And if you try to tell me that you learned to defeat that feeling (however it manifests in you), then I must be a pink unicorn. Are you kidding? Call me a liar if you want, but I don't feel that way when doing code reviews, and never have. Yes, when I was a teenager I wielded my knowledge like a titan. The meager amount of knowledge I had. But as a professional, I have never once been mean-spirited in a code review. Everything I send back is to keep the code clean and maintainable and to help the developer improve. Not everyone feels the need to be "right" all the time. And by that, I mean being perceived as correct, even if they aren't. For me, that was a function of actual skill. The better I got at programming, the less I needed everyone else to acknowledge how good I was. Even better, that applied to the rest of my life, too. I haven't felt the need to show off my intelligence or skills in a long, long time. I simply do my thing and if/when someone notices, it's a great feeling. If they don't, I still enjoyed doing it well.