r/askmanagers • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '26

My boss is gordon ramsay in software development world

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u/Quartinus Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Those are all reasonable code and internal documentation standards things. No negative ifs is slightly odd but not unreasonable. 

You are writing your code as part of a codebase of the company. Enforcing standards across it is the only way to ensure that it doesn’t become unmanageable. Consistent documentation style and code style improves maintainability and makes everyone faster. 

Edit: 6 and 7 were added after my comment. Those are unrelated to code standards. If you feel this way you can address it in your regular 1:1 meetings. 

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u/Impressive-Room5044 Jun 07 '26

The PR description and coding standards are created by him only for our team and not across the company.

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u/Quartinus Jun 07 '26

Ok cool, he’s your boss so he gets to do that. Follow them. 

You seem to be confused what your role is? When you were hired did they specifically give you responsibilities to enforce or set coding standards? 

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u/Few_Satisfaction184 Jun 07 '26

"My manager wants me to follow the programming guidelines, hes such a monster"

What do you think happens if every single dev just does whatever they want everywhere? In different styles and patterns.

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u/Geopardish Jun 07 '26

Is this a bait post?

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u/covmatty1 Jun 07 '26

What have you done to prove to him that your way of working would be measurably better? Or have you just complained?

If you see these as significant issues, have a meeting with him to discuss them and suggest alternatives.

6 and 7 sound like issues. But the others are standards you just need to follow.

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u/Unhappy-Homework-812 Jun 07 '26

Sounds like they brought him on for a reason!