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by Xenoamorphous 856 days ago
Something I’ve noticed in the company I work for is that team leads which still write code is that they will take for themselves the high visibility projects.
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I even think this is sometimes in good faith, as in "this is some serious shot, better handle it myself to avoid failure".

My favorite pattern is what I call "code sheriff" lead, who does all code reviews himself to prevent bad code from reaching trunk. Then proceed to complain how you can't go on a vacation because all processes stop.

Or worse, only do shiny and "fun" things that customers don't care about while ignoring all sorts of practical bugs/issues.