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I think you’re ignoring the “without getting fired” part. The implication is that you’re in a situation where management is stubborn or even hostile to feedback.

Most organizations don’t practice “highly effective communication”. It’s often a nightmare riddled with politics and ego.

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> I think you’re ignoring the “without getting fired” part.

The "start polishing your resume" bit was quite explicit.

I'd argue 99% percent of companies operate like this. No one likes blunt feedback--even in friendships and marriage. Good luck if you throw money and ego into the mix.

Unless you are the .1% of developer (and probably with a heaping helping of luck) you aren't going to end up working someplace that isn't terminally dysfunctional no matter how much you polish your resume.

Besides, who wants to work with someone that’s only worked in these terminally dysfunctional workplaces. There must be something wrong with them.

Being in the top 0.001% of developers won’t help if you don’t have a large network or good brand

I would say ego problem comes with a title.

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