Tech workplaces hold no special claim to conformity. It's not uncommon for big old professions and specialities to have institutes and charters which include c

Tech workplaces hold no special claim to conformity. It's not uncommon for big old professions and specialities to have institutes and charters which include compulsory precepts along the lines of "thou shalt not publicly disagree with or badmouth thy fellow". There, agreeing-to-agree is foundationally baked in; the very professions are sustained around the continual churning out of cookie-cutter journeymen, with intergenerational progress carefully, hierarchically regulated such that the profession all steps forward together.