> I've found that Eastern European developers generally believe they are the best (even when they aren't) I've been this Eastern European developer and seen ot

> I've found that Eastern European developers generally believe they are the best (even when they aren't) I've been this Eastern European developer and seen others. A 100% accurate assessment. I'd go as far as to say that this animalistic bravado must not be encouraged. Ultimately, it comes from a place of poor self-awareness. There's something about EE cultural/historic context that breeds a lot of brilliant zombies. So as with all un-self-aware team members ([1]), EE developers with these traits can have a serious detrimental effect on the culture, unless kept in check. My suggestions: * Call them out on toxic behaviour, so that it doesn't become normalised. * Make them directly accountable for their work. EE devs relish the idea of being a shadowy IC of outsized but unacknowledged importance. Don't let them mythologise their own status. [1]: https://hbr.org/2018/10/working-with-people-who-arent-self-aware https://hbr.org/2018/10/working-with-people-who-arent-self-a...