Sure have. Finance, research labs, government contracting. Can't wait for people to chime in with their horror stories. I've seen some of the most dysfunctional crap you can imagine.
Re:The Junior Hiring Crisis
by QuercusMax on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @04:29PM
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Sorry you've worked for such nightmare places, but it's far from universal. There are LOTS of good companies and teams out there.
You seem to have chosen the most toxic (and famous for it workplaces) and now you're misleadingly claiming that's the whole industry.
It is not.
People usually are not living good workplace, therefore there are many more open positions to the toxic teams than to the good ones.
Toxicity is spread out and touching most of the industry. Is it fully toxic? Absolutely not. But I found some level of toxicity everywhere I worked for the past 20+ years in this industry.
“I hate drama, somehow it just follows me everywhere!”
Nice attitude. Thank you for proving my point. If someone works in a toxic environment it must be their fault for "choosing it".
Everybody else through my 21-year career has almost universally either been helpful or neutral (mostly just busy). If you think code reviews are just for bikeshedding about style minutia, then you're really missing out. I personally have found it extremely rewarding to invest in junior SWEs and see them progress in their careers.