Dealing with insecurity is very challenging and people approach it in different ways.  This evidence based approach to improving confidence within a team using code review feedback and communication sound very good.  I&#x27;d like to hear more about systems that teams use for reviewing each others code in a constructive way that is not adversarial and leads to improved confidence in team members.<p>This situation is so pervasive among programmers that there is a common management technique where you goad the programmer into working by suggesting that they can&#x27;t do it.  Their insecurity makes them feel that they need to prove their ability and then they work harder under these conditions.<p>Positive reinforcement and team based skills improvement seem like they would be better, but the &quot;prove you can do it&quot; method also sometimes results in actual growth.