Many people in tech practice brutal honesty.
The problem with “brutal honesty” is that people will focus on the brutal part of your feedback not the honesty. So regardless of how valid your comments, you end up antagonizing them.
I recommend to people to practice being “direct yet kind” instead. Start from a place of curiosity and wanting to help before sharing criticism. It lands better when people see you as empathetic and genuinely trying to help.
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@carnage4life this kind of honesty also tends to be inaccurate: people come off as brutal because they didn't take the time to sort out and synthesize their feelings about a situation and how to address it.
