Software is both creative and complex. We all muddle through this field. We've all developed our own biases based on experience and along the way we form a men

Software is both creative and complex. We all muddle through this field. We've all developed our own biases based on experience and along the way we form a mental model of how "software" should be built. For example, many of us have been burned by some technology or language and we warn people away from it. This isn't a bad thing. It reflects, to an extent, contextual knowledge that isn't really going to be found in a google search or by reading the tutorial. Take it with a grain of salt. That negativity probably harbors some contextual issues that engineer ran into at some point. Noted. As engineers we take pride in our work. No engineer likes to have his work challenged, so we all become defensive about our way of doing it. Over time, if your not careful, we can get pretty prickly about how to do something. Rather than immaturity I'd call it being resistant to new ideas. Its the old adage about "if you have a hammer...".