It is possible that the person is accidentally projecting their internal state as a model of how other people feel when they do code review. It's easy to accidentally fall into that trap. I've probably made that mistake before.
The truth is that people's emotions can be a lot more different from yours than people may be willing to imagine.
No one is perfect. But not everyone derives 'insane pleasure' from criticizing, either. And if you do, that may not be obvious.
I agree with the 'stop being an asshole' line, but to do that we need to help people realize when their qualia is way out of the ordinary. If you think everyone else is power-tripping, too, then will you think you're really being an asshole, or are you just doing what everyone else does?
It's scary to think that you might have something else you think everyone else does, but is really just you accidentally being oblivious. Speaking for myself, I'm going to try to be more mindful of this trap in the future.
The truth is that people's emotions can be a lot more different from yours than people may be willing to imagine.
No one is perfect. But not everyone derives 'insane pleasure' from criticizing, either. And if you do, that may not be obvious.
I agree with the 'stop being an asshole' line, but to do that we need to help people realize when their qualia is way out of the ordinary. If you think everyone else is power-tripping, too, then will you think you're really being an asshole, or are you just doing what everyone else does?
It's scary to think that you might have something else you think everyone else does, but is really just you accidentally being oblivious. Speaking for myself, I'm going to try to be more mindful of this trap in the future.