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> What kind of workplace do you not trust your colleagues to be reasonable? This reads a bit weird so I'm interpreting it as "what kind of workplace causes you

> What kind of workplace do you not trust your colleagues to be reasonable? This reads a bit weird so I'm interpreting it as "what kind of workplace causes you to not trust your colleagues to be reasonable?" Lots. There are many places where developers will play outright power games in order to posture and preserve their position. The PR is a big spot where this can shine through in black/white. As a manager, I really have to police GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket to ensure that this isn't happening. I've had juniors, equals, and seniors hold up months worth of work for arbitrary reasons, purposefully pushing past deadlines. Some even admit to it behind closed doors/in meetings. Toxic work places surely exist. --- To be clear, I am 100% in support of peer reviewed work as a SWE (PR's, external auditing, etc)... I'm just expressing that I've experienced the check/balances of peer reviewed work weaponized, typically to feign importance or as an unfair attempt to advance someone's career. I feel like it's just the human condition that some people will just take advantage.

justinclift 4y ago
> There are many places where developers will play outright power games in order to posture and preserve their position. Isn't that a strong signal that the culture is bad? Maybe not of the entire company, but at least of the team that's happening in.
- peterangular 4y ago
  > Isn't that a strong signal that the culture is bad? It can be - but it is also isolated to pockets/individuals within a company which doesn't necessarily define the culture. > Maybe not of the entire company Absolutely agree, and that's not well captured in my comment on second read. It can be at the company level, at the team level, and all the way down to the individual level - obviously in any configuration/mix. Sometimes it's not on the company that they had a hypothetical bad hire as long as they take corrective action, just to give an example.

justinclift 4y ago

> There are many places where developers will play outright power games in order to posture and preserve their position. Isn't that a strong signal that the culture is bad? Maybe not of the entire company, but at least of the team that's happening in.

peterangular 4y ago
> Isn't that a strong signal that the culture is bad? It can be - but it is also isolated to pockets/individuals within a company which doesn't necessarily define the culture. > Maybe not of the entire company Absolutely agree, and that's not well captured in my comment on second read. It can be at the company level, at the team level, and all the way down to the individual level - obviously in any configuration/mix. Sometimes it's not on the company that they had a hypothetical bad hire as long as they take corrective action, just to give an example.