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When you can't push back on a senior's code

My reviews have gotten good, and I catch real problems now. But when it's a senior engineer's code and something feels off, my hands hover over the keyboard and I just approve it anyway. Later, when the thing I sensed turns into a bug, I sit there knowing I felt it coming and said nothing.

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You can spot the problem, but you can't make yourself challenge someone more senior.

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