In that light, codes of conduct represent the inadequacy of styles of interaction that we took for granted, or at least allowed, in relatively homogeneous societies that easily enforced conformity. But they represent our coming to know about that inadequacy and trying to address it. They imply that we and the world we come from are not safe for everyone, but they imply that we are trying to make them so.
This topic is covered in much more detail in a later instalment of this series: Organizational Culture (Part V): Behavior
I remember being shocked by the aggressive tone on the Perl 5 Porters mailing list in the early years, especially surprising given Larry's naturally gentle demeanour. And, of course, Perl Monks had the infamous BrowserUk v SunnyD show. :) The general tone of both these places feels much milder today.
And not just the Perl community:
I personally applaud the way the programming world has become a much friendlier and safer place over the years. Some of my big bosses from the early years were extremely scary and I dreaded making eye contact with them in the corridor. Perhaps they were trying to copy the macho behaviour of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs from that era ... the gentler Don't be evil slogan at Google may have been a reaction to that.
Anyway, I feel the programming world is a much nicer and safer place today than it was thirty years ago.
In reply to Re^6: Organizational Culture (Part I): Introduction -- prevarication
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in thread Organizational Culture (Part I): Introduction
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