New hires definitely fall in the category of where code reviews (and many other forms of knowledge sharing) make sense. That's not what this is about, it's abou

New hires definitely fall in the category of where code reviews (and many other forms of knowledge sharing) make sense. That's not what this is about, it's about that they become mostly ritualistic when mandatory, the same way that standups and many meetings are often useless, especially when mandated for no clear purpose.