Ask HN: Non-technical employees don't get along with engineer
I&#x27;m going to throw out a possibly unpopular opinion, because I have a feeling this is exactly what was going on at my old workplace.<p>What is the gender of the 4 employees who have a problem with the senior SDE?<p>At my workplace I was the only female employee and when I ever had complaints against someone for being condescending&#x2F;etc the response was similar to yours, &quot;But I never had that experience with him. He&#x27;s a nice guy.&quot;<p>Understand that you only see one side of your senior dev. You don&#x27;t get to see how he interacts with women or other minorities.<p>An example I like to give is that even Senator Obama experienced people being fearful and locking their cars when he went out to the parking lot late at night. That&#x27;s an experience that white people just don&#x27;t have, and imagine being the only one to experience that or report that in a group of other people who have never ever been the target of such behavior. &quot;But I never noticed it!&quot;<p>If this does turn out to be the case I&#x27;d suggest you have a serious chat about diversity in your company. I ended up leaving tech due to my similar experience in my last company. Saying, &quot;We&#x27;re pretty diverse for a group of white dudes&quot; isn&#x27;t enough. Listen to the minorities at your company and their experiences and don&#x27;t invalidate them or dismiss them because you haven&#x27;t experienced it. You could learn a lot and save some people from leaving the industry.