I personally hate the "corporate" style culture of being passive agressive, avoiding confrontations, being polite all the times and whatnot. Agreed. If only t

I personally hate the "corporate" style culture of being passive agressive, avoiding confrontations, being polite all the times and whatnot. Agreed. If only that were what she's talking about: To me, being "professional" means treating each other with respect. I can show emotion, express displeasure, be direct, and still show respect for my fellow developers. For example, I find the following statement to be both direct and respectful, because it's criticizing code, not the person: "This code is SHIT! It adds new warnings and it's marked for stable when it's clearly *crap code* that's not a bug fix. I'm going to revert this merge, and I expect a fix from you IMMEDIATELY." https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/18/340 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/18/340 We're adults, not high schoolers. We can figure out how to deliver harsh technical criticism without resorting to name calling, cussing at people, or personal attacks. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/16/554 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/16/554 You are in a position of power. Stop verbally abusing your developers. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/15/427 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/15/427