[marginalia_nu]

There seems to be almost like a fear of original thought in some shops. It is humility but taken to the absurd. It's one thing to admit you may be wrong, it's another entirely to refuse to consider the idea you might be able to do something correctly.

Even though NIH is a pretty toxic attitude, the opposite can be as well. You don't have to stray that far past hello world CRUD apps to find an areas where the available libraries are poorly suited, and the superior option is to roll something on your own.