[robert-wallis]

I was feeling pretty good that I wasn't a stereotype, until I got to the Agitator.

I'm just really tired of people putting junior devs as team lead over me. I'd really like a lead that has tried different tech stacks, project management methods, and programming language paradigms. It's hard to respect someone making a novice decision based on their limited experience.

I don't think I am curable. I don't see how telling my manager and team lead why they are wrong, is something I should change.

[WesternStar]

You can't be a good leader if you can't follow. Thats the bottom line. I can't give you a group of people and expect you to listen to them and not alienate them when you don't seem capable of doing that when you have only one person to focus on.

[robert-wallis]

I do what I'm told, and I get it done on time. But I also explain why I think it's the wrong decision, and I usually provide links to articles backing me up. I even try to include links to counter-examples. I have little patience for people that don't listening to experts. If you don't listen to me, then listen to these other engineers that are better than me. If you don't listen to them, then it's going to be really hard for me to respect your decisions.

I'd rather have a manager with just 10 years experience, than be a manager myself. I like working on products more than management.

[michaelwww]

I've learned to stop complaining and lead by example if that helps.

[robert-wallis]

I guess it's the threshold of when complaining is justified.

The things I complain about aren't CamelCase. It's more on the scale of, using MongoDB as the main store for transactional financial information. (Not a real example.)

And in that case, I feel justified at not only letting people know I think its a bad idea, but also telling his manager I don't think he should be the lead.

[comlonq]

Maybe there's a reason you're not a lead?