It's interesting how different this advice is from what some of the greatest engineering cultures have done.
At Microsoft during its heyday in the 90s, it was common for people to say things like, "That's the dumbest fucking idea I've ever heard" and the behavior came straight from the top. Similarly, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos are well known for humiliating engineers in front of an entire room after a presentation.
There's no way to prove the issue definitively either way, but I suspect this blog post suffers from the cognitive bias of confusing how the world should be with how it is. At the very least, a "no shaming" rule isn't a requirement for building a world-class engineering organization and attracting top talent.
At Microsoft during its heyday in the 90s, it was common for people to say things like, "That's the dumbest fucking idea I've ever heard" and the behavior came straight from the top. Similarly, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos are well known for humiliating engineers in front of an entire room after a presentation.
http://www.businessinsider.com/things-amazons-jeff-bezos-tel...
There's no way to prove the issue definitively either way, but I suspect this blog post suffers from the cognitive bias of confusing how the world should be with how it is. At the very least, a "no shaming" rule isn't a requirement for building a world-class engineering organization and attracting top talent.