It sounds more to me like the author is trying to illustrate those toxic thought processes (based on his personal experience) using that second-person perspecti

It sounds more to me like the author is trying to illustrate those toxic thought processes (based on his personal experience) using that second-person perspective, rather than actually claiming that those things are true. It's just the language barrier that makes it not work as well. Check out the last few paragraphs: > This review I kicked off the article with? I didn’t send it. Instead I gave the guy a couple of comments and politely asked to fix a couple of things. No big deal if the code’s not good, I can fix it myself it I need to. But I can’t fix the psyche of a guy broken by dozens of harsh reviews. > My personality today isn’t my disease. It’s a disease of the whole industry, at least in Russia. Our mentality is predicated on the cult of power and superiority. And that’s what we need to fix.