Dealing with insubordination
&gt; Lead: This is not a choice.  I am telling you to do this.<p>&gt; Teammate: You need to convince me.<p>I think the teammate&#x27;s at least half right on this one. Nobody does anything without wanting to do it. If you want somebody to do something, you <i>do</i> need to convince them. If they&#x27;ll do it just because you say they have to, they&#x27;re still probably harbouring some resentment about it, which won&#x27;t work out well in the long term anyway.<p>At least this guy was big enough to stand up for what he believed in.<p>&gt; Just write the less than 80 characters line to add the variable and move on.<p>If it&#x27;s so easy, why didn&#x27;t the lead just do it himself instead of making a problem out of it?