<i>signal distrust by default - the work I do is not to be trusted to be merged in and by extension, I&#x27;m not to be trusted</i><p>That doesn&#x27;t have to be a bad thing. You (and everyone else) can&#x27;t be trusted to be totally infallible, so if you want to produce good work relying on many eyes to catch mistakes, suggest improvements, or to learn from one another then you need to look at everyone&#x27;s code. A code review should be a conducted in a safe, blame-free environment where everyone involved wants to make better software. That&#x27;s should be the goal, not finger pointing or points scoring.