It's easy to forget how radically different people's programming backgrounds can be. There are a whole lot of subtle underlying assumptions and attitudes that m

It's easy to forget how radically different people's programming backgrounds can be. There are a whole lot of subtle underlying assumptions and attitudes that may not match up and cause a lot of angst and unintended miscommunication. I'm a long-time programmer that's worked on kernel code, embedded systems, network daemons, etc, but lately I write web applications. There are things about the Javascript community that seem utterly baffling until you realize many (certainly not all!) of the people involved started out as "HTML coders" and don't have the benefit of all that diverse experience. It means you need to work hard on empathy, and always be both teaching and listening.