Inspired by a thread on HN incredulous about engineering headcount at a large software company: The biggest thing people don’t appreciate about large companies is the basic productive unit isn’t an individual it is an engineering team with about ~8 members.
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Ten Engineer Startup: "Our systems are self-documenting!" BigCo: <fits of laughter>
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Xoba is building a product that attacks this exact problem.https://www.xobalabs.com/
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It can feel like this sometimes but that's why armies form around squads, not heroes (that's only in games).pic.twitter.com/kFdnUnawXh
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When start ups "make it" single member teams or irreplaceable team members go from essential to liability. You have 8 people on a team so you can weaken individual bargaining power over a huge and valuable product.
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That may be a consequence but I wouldn't make it a primary objective.
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