Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by bhouston on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:32PM
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> But whatever this maintainer could have done better, this blog post also isn't a good look
You are correct, I definitely would not have written that blog post either.
> Making a big deal out of any mistake or conflict is also toxic, as is making rather strong conclusions about a person based on a single event.
I believe what you are describing is formally called the Central Attribution Error (CAE.) https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/fundamental-attr...
You are right, I should edit my original comment to remove my speculations that are probably based on CAE but it is now locked for editing.
We can also revert this and say that great contributors are "few and far between".
Collaboration, patience, and empathy is a two-way street. Could the maintainer have done better? I guess; I would have done things a bit different. Then again, maybe their dog died that morning and they were in a foul mood? I'm not joking: people aren't perfect, they have good and bad days for all sorts of reasons, etc. Everyone makes a mistake now and again.
But whatever this maintainer could have done better, this blog post also isn't a good look: sour grapes a year and a half later and making a big deal out of what is really a singular minor personal conflict (and with some misrepresentations to boot). Now, maybe the author's dog died this morning, so I'm not going to attach any far-fetched conclusions about this person, or about Cisco, because again, everyone has bad days and no one is perfect.
Making a big deal out of any mistake or conflict is also toxic, as is making rather strong conclusions about a person based on a single event.