Defensiveness seems to be a common characteristic of programers. Why? On a recent contract, I made an observation which another developer disagreed. There was a bit of banter and then I was told "This is CSS 101, I can not hold your hand." Well it may have been CSS 101 but I did not see the error that he saw. And as time has taught me, when two intelligent people report different observations, they are probably looking at two different places. This is very common in development. How one arrives at a point in a program may affect the behavior seen. So it was with this interaction - we were not both looking at the same "thing". Unfortunately an apology did not follow.
My approach has been "let me take a look with you". Take the time to insure that I understand the difference before commenting. There is much to know and reading and experience does not insure exposure to the all issues. Patience is required.
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