| Tip 30 | Identify Corporate Antipatterns |
 | [White Belt] Keep a watchful eye for stupidity—it could strike at any moment. |
You may have heard of programming design patterns, where people have identified recurring patterns of programming solutions that have proven useful. This section is the opposite, a collection of recurring patterns of business practices that have often proven counterproductive, misinformed, or downright stupid.
You won’t be able to fix these yourself; problems at this scale can take years and many hands to build. I document these as a warning, in the same way that wilderness survival guides include pictures of poisonous plants.
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