> For my first few pull requests, I was getting feedback from literally dozens of engineers (all of whom were male) on other teams, nitpicking the code I had written. One PR actually had over 200 comments from 24 different individuals.
There's no context given here about what the PR is, how big is it, and what's the nature of the comments. It could be a gigantic PR and it could be that most comments are innocuous repetitions such as "add empty line here".
or, it could it be that this person's notoriety followed them to their new workplace and many people were genuinely frustrated that they have to work with an unpleasant person.
EDIT:
> In a return to its meritocratic roots, the company has decided to move forward with a merit-based stock option program
Maybe they realized that trying to appease political agitators doesn't work and that having competent people is the only rational business decision?
There's no context given here about what the PR is, how big is it, and what's the nature of the comments. It could be a gigantic PR and it could be that most comments are innocuous repetitions such as "add empty line here".
or, it could it be that this person's notoriety followed them to their new workplace and many people were genuinely frustrated that they have to work with an unpleasant person.
EDIT:
> In a return to its meritocratic roots, the company has decided to move forward with a merit-based stock option program
Maybe they realized that trying to appease political agitators doesn't work and that having competent people is the only rational business decision?