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You mailed the original developer, he didn't answer. And you were fired for doing your job right. What you must conclude is that they don't care about quality but about ego. They have a philosophy that don't favor quality. You should be glad they fired you.

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I wasn't fired, just... the threat was raised. That original dev left soon after (in no way related to that - he'd been looking around for a while from what I heard). It was a strange situation because in the group of... 8 or 9 of us, I was the last one in, and got along OK with everyone, except him.

The point your parent post was making was that regardless of whether or not you actually got fired doesn't actually matter. The signal you should be paying attention to (which you are surely aware of, since you say this episode still bothers you) is that the environment was a toxic one so if they did fire you they would have been doing you a favor. At least from a silver linings point of view.

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