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Ah yes, the "people become better the worse you treat them" early-20th-century political pseudoscience trope.

Yes, quite a convenient lie if you ask me. Why try to address abuse and mistreatment when you can label it character-building!?

It is a studied phenomena what conditions are required for optimal growth and learning. Therefore it should be easy to synthesize a ciriculum for new developers with challenges pitched at the right level for them to reach their highest potential. Thick skin is no substitute for an environment with fewer assholes/abuse, not an ingredient required for growth.

Curiously enough, asking stupid questions is part of any learning process. I that regard, SO is awful for learning anything, it's only use is finding existing answers. If answer doesn't exist, you're better looking elsewhere.