Ego

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A person's self-importance, pride, or identity investment, especially when it affects collaboration, feedback, or decision-making. In engineering culture ego often matters most when it blocks learning, review, or calm response to evidence.

    In plain English: Pride or self-importance, especially when it affects teamwork or judgment.

    Example: "The incident dragged on because ego made it harder for people to let go of their first theory once the logs started pointing elsewhere."

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