But there are cultural forces, even moreso in software development workplace culture, that make saying "no" hard/uncomfortable, and receiving a "no" feel like a bigger deal than it is.
It leads to the passive aggressiveness we're all familiar with, and that leads to a further slide, adding even more ambiguity to a rejection on the scale between "eh, maybe not right now" and "fuck off and die in a fire."
But there are cultural forces, even moreso in software development workplace culture, that make saying "no" hard/uncomfortable, and receiving a "no" feel like a bigger deal than it is.
It leads to the passive aggressiveness we're all familiar with, and that leads to a further slide, adding even more ambiguity to a rejection on the scale between "eh, maybe not right now" and "fuck off and die in a fire."