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uryvok z knizky Thinking, Fast and Slow od D. Kahnemana: "The principle of independent judgments (and decorrelated errors) has immediate applications for the conduct of meetings, an activity in which executives in organizations spend a great deal of their working days. A simple rule can help: before an issue is discussed, all members of the committee should be asked to write a very brief summary of their position. This procedure makes good use of the value of the diversity of knowledge and opinion in the group. The standard practice of open discussion gives too much weight to the opinions of those who speak early and assertively, causing others to line up behind them."

personally think that developers shouldn't care about code beauty, because that's not their job. Instead, they should focus on creating great products, which is infinitely more satisfying. Code Fashion What defines beauty in code? Just like for clothes, opinions on the subject may vary. Each year, we find new trend-setters, like Jeff Atwood, Martin Fowler, or Eric Evans. They offer convincing arguments to explain why pattern A is better than pattern B. Until someone else publishes a book, explaining that pattern C is much, much better

By taking the leader's opinions as fact, your company may grow so rigid that innovation becomes impossible.