perceived or real skill in programming does not suddenly give anyone the right to forego basic empathy.
the caustic, casually denigrating culture that infests computer science has got to go. rampant toxicity, in the long run, leads to stagnation in software development, because everyone that isn't steeped in that culture gets pushed out.
@wolfcoder @scarly The OP muted me from the post .. oddly it deleted the post on my server, but kept my post on their instance .. man I don't get Mastodon. Anyway, it showed the OP would rather echo chamber than listen/discus ideas.
I mean, there are always toxic people. There are toxic men and women. I've met plenty of both, and doing bad things is shitty. The majority of humans do not want to be shitty and try to do general good. If you're always looking for outrage, you're going to find it.
@scarly Too many teams in the tech industry are like this. There is open source software I contribute to that has a toxic culture which has driven away many developers.
This bullshit needs to stop, but I know I'm trapped as the competing FLOSS software is significantly worse and has a community that is similarly painful to work with that also hates any non-straight, non-cis, non-capitalist they run across.
/endvent
I think this sentence is composed of evaluations could you please make one with observations separated of evaluations ?
@scarly What shit places have you been working at? Everyone is saying software engineering is filled with a toxic culture. I've worked at over 10 different shops, in 3 countries, in everything from gov to education to telecom, et al. I've been at 2 shitty shops, toxic only because of the work hours. There are bad people here/there, but that's every place and every field. I know some people who have gone through shit, but at the same time, the majority haven't. "rampant toxicity" is a lot of FUD.