The Economic Times

From 30 to 3 sec: Techie claims he became a villain after bruising a senior's ego when he fixed a legacy system issue on his own

An anonymous junior developer has sparked a discussion on workplace politics after claiming that colleagues turned against him after he improved a legacy backend system and reduced data-fetching time from nearly 30 seconds to under three. He alleged that senior colleagues delayed his code reviews and questioned his teamwork, while his manager sided with them. Social media users offered mixed reactions, with some blaming workplace insecurity and others questioning whether the developer had left out important details.