I appreciate the reminder to consider systemic factors that push people to make such choices. The systemic factors suck. But also people who make any part of others' lives miserable suck.

@ska @schmonz That last sentence is very true. I heard "you don't have to be management to climb the career ladder here" when I got hired. And of course I've gotten a raise or three. But I very much doubt I am "up there" with the spunky business jacket wearing management types who solve everything by spouting a bunch of marketing mumbo jumbo and talk about "company spirit" and other such dreadful banalities.

@mlntdrv @schmonz

Some years after learning TDD, I had a coding interview. TDD was not widely known. I delivered TDD code.

They said it was the best code they had ever seen.

A few years later, I decided to pull up my submission and take a look at it.

I was *seriously embarrassed* that I would have submitted this code for a job application. It would need a fair number of changes before I would consider it *minimally acceptable.*

I like to think I've continued with improvement.