Dave Herman @dherman.dev · Jun 6

This is especially true if you are the more senior employee or in some position of greater influence. Most junior engineers will be afraid to speak up, not to mention confused and demoralized by unfalsifiable feedback like “too complex.”

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Dave Herman · Jun 6

I wish it weren’t the case that senior engineers didn’t confuse their authority with scientific objectivity, but it’s all too common. Power is seductive, as is fear of having one’s legitimacy questioned.