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I've been a dev at 5 companies in 15 years. I've never heard any praise for any developers' contributions after they've left the company. But you'll ALWAYS hear denigrations like "he wasn't very good which is why X is so shitty." And it's ALWAYS the person who is most plentiful with praise at group meetings.

"I think we should focus on the positives." - says guy who talks the most shit.

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Developers are some of the biggest fucking assholes I've met. At least everyone I know has called someone else a fucking idiot at least once. I've been called that as well. No matter how intelligent, hard working, and productive a developer may be, there will always be at least a few people to talk shit about him/her.

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