In our Brownfield Application Development book, and in previous posts on this blog, Kyle and I have talked about the different personalities that you can encounter while working on a development project. Unfortunately many of the types we listed, and that you see and remember, are negative. Because development is such a social task (whether you like it or not) conflicts in personalities, styles and objectives are easily surfaced. Add on a heavy dose of introversion and natural social ineptness and you have a cauldron of simmering conflict just waiting to bubble over. During the hiring process HR and...