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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by pjc50 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:31AM (#38189003)
> After writing countless emails to convince him to fix his code, and wondering why they wouldn't just fire him and save everyone else some time

I do wonder whether this was escalated, to either the previous team lead, some other manager, or just a shouting match in the corridor.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:25AM (#38189469)
Eventually my team lead asked me what was going on (he probably had gotten complaints about me breaking the tests).

I told him what I had done (which is easy to show in a git show commit_id) and I guess he responded to them saying that we would not revert the change.

In general I prefer to not have in person discussions for conflicts, so that there is a trail left behind, and I can take hours to respond, so I don't get heated up.

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