It's sort of anti-advice. He's giving an anecdote as an example of what-not-to-do. The moral of this anecdote is in the last line: "the best way to have a futu

It's sort of anti-advice. He's giving an anecdote as an example of what-not-to-do. The moral of this anecdote is in the last line: "the best way to have a future is to be part of a team that values progress over politics, ideas over territory, and initiative over decorum." Simple as that. Granted, he could have taken a less meandering path to that conclusion. Regarding the conclusion itself, I couldn't agree more. I used to work for a company with a lot of internal politics and code-ownership, but now work for a more open company where progress is highly valued and no code is sacred, and the latter is vastly more capable at solving problems and creating great stuff.