[sam_lowry_]

It's not really about entertaining. More about the opportunity to grow and learn and experience cool new technologies.

Imagine asking a technical question to a group of 50 senior engineers and getting only personal advice not to stick your neck out.

[codingdave]

The only places where I've encountered that kind of culture is in the enterprise IT world, with my worst anecdotes coming from the insurance industry. Startups, small companies, and government have all been far more engaged with their work and the tech.

[appreciatorBus]

I think you’ll have to rethink your poll then.

The original language didn’t talk about the technical interests or acumen of the “boring” colleagues, it just said “boring”

[JohnFen]

Hmm. I guess I don't really understand what you mean by "boring colleagues", then.