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jeffcarp · Sep 23, 2024

Quickly saying “no” to ideas is harmful

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I’ve observed during my software engineering career the different reactions
senior engineers have when new ideas are brought up. 
 Sometimes when an idea is presented, usually by a junior engineer, a senior
engineer will chime in very quickly to emphatically describe why it won’t work.
I think this is very harmful to team culture for a couple reasons. 
 First, it reinforces the…

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