Avoiding 3 Common Code Review Mistakes: Lessons Learned

Learn from my experience to avoid three common mistakes in code reviews, enhancing your team's efficiency and code quality.

It was a normal day at work until I found out I’d be in a room with my manager and my not-pleased teammate about how I was reviewing code.

It was not a fun situation to be in.

I was reviewing code entirely wrong.

When I joined Gusto, I had come from an incredibly fast-paced startup. In that startup, we were brutal with code reviews.

Feedback was harsh; lik…