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Discussion on: How do you deal with One-upmanship ?

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jess unrein

This is one of my least favorite responses! I see blog posts all the time that have a clever solution to a problem, and see the comments talk about how the author was wrong for having that problem in the first place. For me, the worst part about these responses is that they're not just unhelpful, they're not even interesting.

When people respond to my work this way, with a statement explaining why I'm wrong to have a problem, or a comment that doesn't really address the conversation I do one of the following:

  • Say something to the effect of "Wow, that's a great point about long term architecture. I'd love it if my team were able to address it sometime in the future. But I had to devise a solution this sprint and this is what I came up with." Something mostly polite, but that highlights the uselessness of the comment.
  • Ignore them.