Bawal ang pikon
bawal noun: — Forbidden, not allowed;
> ang article: — An article similar to "the";
> pikon noun: — Easy to anger, quick-temped, peevish.
We take great pride for our consistent and high coding standards. It is a culture we have always aimed to foster. "Bawal ang Pikon" is one of our mantras, because we believe in calling out inconsistencies in someone's work before it becomes a habit. But at the same time, we expect everyone to be mature enough to know that they being called out for their work and not being attacked as a person. Think of it as a form of check and balance.
With our work
At first, it may seem brash or odd to hear people using profanity when discussing about code, but discussions are done in good faith.
Consistency is our aim, and being able to deliver the same accurate code every single time.
"Feel free to call out bad code."
With our standards
Checking each others' code or work has always been a standard. Making sure that we check all of our work twice is not just a norm, it's what we expect from one another.
Our experience translates to our standards, our senior developers have a lot of them that we all try to cascade down to our mid-level and even junior members.
With our people
We all understand that when you're being called out, it's about your work and not about you.
Some discussions around the office or even on Slack may have become heated at one point or the other, but we always keep ourselves level-headed.
At the end of the day, we aim to help each other.
"Don't take criticism personally."
