At my first job I assumed that the seniors at the company didn't know what they were doing since we weren't following certain "best practices". It took me a yea

At my first job I assumed that the seniors at the company didn't know what they were doing since we weren't following certain "best practices". It took me a year or two to realize that there were good reasons why we weren't following those best practices. Now when I want to follow a best practice, I envision a skeptical senior engineer in front of me and think how I would explain to them why I'm doing what I'm doing. If I can't give a good reason, I stick with whatever is simplest to implement.