Comment by gregglain
7 hours ago
I actually have seen good coworkers get chopped down because they cared more about the system than others egos. It saddens me when management supports egos more than the product. It shows up years later to the customers.
How do you measure 'care'. If it's a tech org, it either works or it doesn't?
You might 'care' to add features nobody asked for? Or 'care' to spend longer than necessary to refactor something that doesn't need it.
> I actually have seen good coworkers get chopped down because they cared more about the system than others egos.
What does this even mean? This sounds like an euphemism for someone being a jerk just because they wanted to unilaterally push changes to the code.
> It saddens me when management supports egos more than the product. It shows up years later to the customers.
Management are hired to support the people that maintain the product, and help them work together. If a developer fails to work together with coworkers, it's the manager's job to either help that developer right their wrongs, or support other developers by getting rid of the problematic one.