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When peer support groups become echo chambers of complaint

We're all senior developers who got promoted to team leads at the same time and we meet weekly to figure out management together, but these sessions have become complaint fests where we just reinforce each other's frustrations instead of actually solving problems. I think we're making each other worse at this job.

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Your support group has turned into a venting session that's making everyone worse at the job.

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