I’m trying to come up with the right way to convey this thought and I’m not sure I’ve nailed it, but here’s my attempt: How you feel about these engineers is h

I’m trying to come up with the right way to convey this thought and I’m not sure I’ve nailed it, but here’s my attempt: How you feel about these engineers is how lead engineers feel about how you feel about these engineers. It’s hierarchical; you are probably a senior dev, and as such you notice the mistakes junior devs are making, which is fine and good. However, your attitude towards those junior engineers, that they must have something wrong with them, is a terrible mistake that only a senior dev would make. The inability to perspective take or recall your earlier career is the same kind of mistake, to a lead dev, as putting too much logic into a unit test or selecting the wrong algorithm is to you. Unlike you however, a lead dev will understand this is just how people are at this part of their career, and know that you’re probably coachable and can learn to be better than this.