[daymanstep]

"The idea of strong opinions, loosely held is that you can make bombastic statements, and everyone should implicitly assume that you’ll happily change your mind in a heartbeat if new data suggests you are wrong. It is supposed to lead to a collegial, competitive environment in which ideas get a vigorous defense, the best of them survive, and no-one gets their feelings hurt in the process. What really happens? The loudest, most bombastic engineer states their case with certainty, and that shuts down discussion. Other people either assume the loudmouth knows best, or don’t want to stick out their neck and risk criticism and shame. This is especially true if the loudmouth is senior, or there is any other power differential." - Michael

[figassis]

I usually can't build something I don't understand. So no matter how loudly you explain it to me, if it does not make sense, senior or not, I will either ask you to explain it better, or we will have to reach an understanding that you just want me to do it your way based on info I do not yet have and you can't readily provide it to me. There are many situations where one iota of missing context changes everything, and knowing this, I don't push someone that I know often has much more info than I do. I try to find a way to make their request work, while pointing out my concerns. if you're my peer or junior, I push harder, and there have been instances where juniors have changed my mind. It actually feels really good.

[xeonmc]

In other words, techbro mentality.