I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
&quot;If a guy brings me his code, and it has mistakes, it brings insane pleasure from how smart I feel ... And if you tell me that you haven’t had this feeling ever, then you’re lying.&quot;<p>I can tell you I haven&#x27;t had this feeling ever, but not for reasons I&#x27;m proud of. I hate doing code reviews. I have hated doing every one. I have disliked having to type every comment I have made on a code review. Each time I hope that everything is good enough and I can just approve it. And I won&#x27;t comment unless I am convinced it is important.<p>I don&#x27;t hate the coder, or the process that requires code reviews. I know code reviews are very important for many different reasons, so I don&#x27;t shirk them, but I have become afraid of being an expert on a large team as I will have to do more of them. Not sure what is wrong, I love coding. Reviewing good code isn&#x27;t so bad, reviewing bad code takes all the joy out of coding for me. If it&#x27;s bad enough, I know that I need to make a lot of comments, and I&#x27;ll need to make some more when it comes back with changes. I think we are just wired differently.<p><i>EDIT</i> After further thought, I think a fundamental difference is I really want to see my coworkers succeed, and don&#x27;t enjoy their failure. Also I dislike all forms of toil. But I think maybe part of the authors problem is not able to comprehend that some people can be nice like that, genuinely. In fact, I assume my coworkers want me to succeed as well, and I really think most of the time they do. But I am glad he decided to start acting that way, which must be especially difficult if you don&#x27;t believe others will treat you the same way.