Many of us have... "survived" significant periods and... "mantras" of ostensibly objective "best practices", in our careers. Much of what is labelled as "scien

Many of us have... "survived" significant periods and... "mantras" of ostensibly objective "best practices", in our careers. Much of what is labelled as "science" turns out to be of a similar character. Whatever its label, we tire of the bullsh-t. I'll add my initial thought upon running across this HN title/topic: Well, if Linus is a jerk, at least he's an equal opportunity jerk. P.S. I think it worthy of further noting that in my perception, Linus may well not be "implementing" a "reward system" and "motivation". He may be implementing a filter. Discouraging crap, as opposed to encouraging contribution. Two different functions. I might do things somewhat differently than Linus. But then, I'm my own, different little snowflake.