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That is a toxic work environment, and I'm not sure from verb-tenses if you're still there or not. If you are, find another place to work. Your quality of life will improve.
My boss decided to add a “person to blame” field to every bug report
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Sorry to hear that. There are a lot of insecure nerds who work in technology and they enjoy making others feel as insecure as they themselves do. The best advice I can give you is to ignore their ridicule (unless you can learn from it), and move on. And don't be like them when you see a young person make a mistake. Make the world a better place.
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#13The more blame you try to place the fewer commits you're going to get (and the ones you do get will be larger and full of "defensive code"). Less commits, less often will make the problem worse, not better because the merges will be larger and more painful, and more subtle systemic errors will become the norm. This is one of those solutions that causes more of the problem its trying to solve. Management will love it.
I came here to write a comment- and happened to click the OP link and saw that Doc Brown and I think alike.
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#15Perhaps a beter approach would be "root cause of failure". It's easy to jump all over this guy, but what he's trying to achieve is a good thing. I just don't agree with the tactics.
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#17Time to find a new job. When the people you work for turn into dicks and it makes your work less enjoyable it is time to move on.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is a toxic work environment, and I'm not sure from verb-tenses if you're still there or not. If you are, find another place to work. Your quality of life will improve.
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In interviews, remember never to mention anything negative about your current job no matter how you are treated, because that makes you seem like a negative nancy! Who knows, maybe you will even complain if you are treated poorly at your next job?
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#19At the right company, this field would be hilarious and fun.
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That is exactly the same situation I was in over a period of years working in a company with someone similar.
In the end I decided that I would do the best job that I could possibly do with the knowledge I had and to hell with the over-inflated opinions of my line manager.
The best seniors are those that answer questions you have, steer you in the right direction and are open to new ideas and suggestions.