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Seeking help isn’t the problem. It is priorities. Usually the best developers are tasked with the more impactful tasks whose deadlines must be met at all costs. As a manager, I would view my task is to shield said developer from distractions so he can save my butt because my job is also on the line.

If someone is intentionally giving bad advice, that sounds like they deserve some anytime feedback. (is that still a thing?) That is definitely not thinking like an owner.

> One ex-Microsoft manager, now a senior Manager at Atlassian, called that 'hand holding'.

Which senior manager is this, out of interest?

Name-and-shame culture on the internet is toxic and ruins innocent people's lives. When someone conscientiously keeps a person anonymous while describing one or more of their flaws, there's no need to ask them to name the guilty. There's enough unnecessary permanent reputational damage going around on the internet already.