Ambrose, the problem is that in our community, a "humble developer" is considered a "mediocre developer". You know what I mean?
So such a mentality drives lots of developers to belittle other developers' work/code, and to make themselves appear as "alpha males".
The solution is simple: accept them and ignore them. Don't let Mr. Jerk bother you. Why should he have such a power over you? You be as good as you are and let them be. Then, a good rookie developer would idolize you, not the jerk. Be an inspiration to a newbie, and you'd already have won the war over the jerk!
Ambrose, the problem is that in our community, a "humble developer" is considered a "mediocre developer". You know what I mean?
So such a mentality drives lots of developers to belittle other developers' work/code, and to make themselves appear as "alpha males".
The solution is simple: accept them and ignore them. Don't let Mr. Jerk bother you. Why should he have such a power over you? You be as good as you are and let them be. Then, a good rookie developer would idolize you, not the jerk. Be an inspiration to a newbie, and you'd already have won the war over the jerk!
This just spoke directly to my soul. Thank you.