[myth2018]

Agreed. And, sadly, besides providing zero education, some code reviews even turn into spaces of abuse of political power when conducted by unprepared reviewers.

I've been unfortunate to work with one of those, some years ago. I decided to pretend I enjoyed the style as soon as I realized she suffered from a fragile sense of authority. In hindsight, that doesn't seem to have been a good decision.

It was clear she felt affronted by any deviations from the intended standard. But the feedback mostly comprised extremely vague, subjective, non-actionable ad hoc prescriptions. I carefully read through my reviews and the ones received by my colleagues, but was unable to devise any pattern. Ultimately I decided to simply code as fast as possible so that I could collect the feedback earlier and get rid of the damn thing.

That way I could kind of cope, but after some months I was really burned out and struggling to sustain any interest about my tasks.