Before I read the details of your post, I was about to say that the QA guys are always right. It is not about whether they are really always right, but you want everybody to follow and respect the procedures and standards, which is more important than any single person.

Then I found out that, you were not really talking about a QA guy, but could be anyone that is annoying.

You know what, try to work with him, but there is really no need for you to make friend with him or love him. Everybody has his/her own way of working and living, you are not required to love any one, yet no one is required to love you.

The best things you can do are 1) don't pay too much attention, if that guy is really a jerk, don't let him destroy your days, jerks always live very happily, their days will not go down with yours. If you pay too much attention to those jerks, you become an accessary to them against yourself. 2) to improve the quality of your work, and gradually reduce the mistakes you make. However nobody is perfect, if that guy is really a jerk, you will never be able to stop him from doing what he likes to do. So forget him.

If your boss and those other people around you understand you, you really don't need to worry about that guy. You can never make everybody love you, like Raymond did ;-), so don't waste your time to attempt. You are not the only person who has 1 or 2 jerks around.

In reply to Re: Dealing with the QA guy... by pg
in thread Dealing with the QA guy... by Anonymous Monk

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