How One Developer Used AI Self-Interviews to Expose a Blind Spot About Feedback

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A developer with roughly a decade of experience reflecting on feedback culture describes using an AI to interview him about his own blind spots after repeatedly failing to articulate the insight in writing. The exercise surfaced a specific moment in a code review where, instead of addressing a technical objection on its merits, he deflected by invoking his past track record. He argues this habit — letting prior success stand in as evidence about current work — quietly destroys a person's ability to genuinely receive criticism. The author connects this to advice he has long given junior developers: that an idea does not need to be backed by experience to be worth voicing, a principle he admits he struggled to apply honestly to himself. The post is framed not as a how-to guide but as a candid account of recognising a specific cognitive habit in his own conduct.

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