Being an asshole to a fellow engineer on this site has practically no upside but a large downside for a software engineer.

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• Engineers who are not "product engineers" and do not like being customer-facing will not have a future inside of Amazon GOGergely Orosz28 Oct 2026
• Being blunt to the point of abuse on the kernel mailing list is who I am and the right way to run the project. LTLinus Torvalds15 Jul 2013
• High consequences cannot be what makes work engineering, because most traditional engineering is low-stakes too. HWHillel Wayne18 Jan 2021
• Software engineers are in a state of denial regarding the impact of AI on their profession. PLPieter Levels14 Oct 2026
• A first impression of someone's rudeness reliably signals deeper flaws in their character, including a tendency toward authoritarianism. JZJeffrey Zeldman1 Sept 2026

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