This post shows how developers (and people in general) have a difficult time with emotional forbearance when it comes to objective technological critique and being able to put aside (and recognize) personal bias.
The author had to put so much upfront to satiate and calm the crowd before embarking on his review.
We shouldn't have to do that.
We should operate with surgical precision on the way we argue and judge others. Try to double-check when we assume something of others. That does not mean we shouldn't talk about how unethical Oracle is, just that those two discussions can take place simultaneously without drama.
The more senior I become in my career and the older I get, the more I realize that the entire world operates like this. It is grim.
The author had to put so much upfront to satiate and calm the crowd before embarking on his review.
We shouldn't have to do that.
We should operate with surgical precision on the way we argue and judge others. Try to double-check when we assume something of others. That does not mean we shouldn't talk about how unethical Oracle is, just that those two discussions can take place simultaneously without drama.
The more senior I become in my career and the older I get, the more I realize that the entire world operates like this. It is grim.