> Programmers will purposely subtly sabotage key utility functions, methods, or systems to prevent their bonus competitors This seems like a potentially self-d

> Programmers will purposely subtly sabotage key utility functions, methods, or systems to prevent their bonus competitors This seems like a potentially self-destructive way to accomplish this. Not sure what company he is referring to, but at all I have worked at, this would be filed as a bug report and a quick git blame tells you all you need to know. Over time, if your name keeps coming up in that commit log, you'll get a bad reputation and your code in particular will acquire a smell ("Oh Bob, wrote this code... better be careful here," etc.)