I got the impression he was hiding his own fear of inadequacy behind a wall of disapproval and smack talk. I know this method. I used to use it myself, when I felt for sure I’d be fired from the team as soon as they realized I’d never used Handlebars.
Fascinating. In that this episode represents an only slightly exaggerated instance of a pattern of such profoundly dysfunctional and self-blocking behavior in the community that has become so widely entrenched that it is beyond epidemic proportions; it has practically become the new norm.