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0 pointsrychco4y ago0 comments

That’s entirely reasonable, but people aren’t reasonable. When ego is involved, even a polite argument may appear as a personal attack.

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That's entirely reasonable, and that's exactly why you hire engineers that are aware of this, and don't base their choices on ego.

If you hiring involves ego, you're going to end up with a Challenger disaster some time down the road.

I really, really don't want to work for a manager who involves his ego in technical questions.

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0 pointsrychco4y ago0 comments

That’s entirely reasonable, but people aren’t reasonable. When ego is involved, even a polite argument may appear as a personal attack.

That's entirely reasonable, and that's exactly why you hire engineers that are aware of this, and don't base their choices on ego.

If you hiring involves ego, you're going to end up with a Challenger disaster some time down the road.

I really, really don't want to work for a manager who involves his ego in technical questions.

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