You'd be surprised. Some companies give individual devs a lot of autonomy. My point is that positivity and empathy works best when people already know they've

You'd be surprised. Some companies give individual devs a lot of autonomy. My point is that positivity and empathy works best when people already know they've screwed up. Otherwise, you have to explain how they erred, what the consequences were/are, and how to fix it. The first two are more difficult to do in a positive way.