The article discusses the kinds of problems that wildly successful teams of 1000-s of engineers have. As such it is kind of irrelevant for most of us - not ever

The article discusses the kinds of problems that wildly successful teams of 1000-s of engineers have. As such it is kind of irrelevant for most of us - not everybody will grow their team to 1000 engineers or assume the role of VP Eng in a large organization. A more practical matter to consider, are these problems worth worrying about from the start or is "let the thousand flowers bloom" strategy part of the twitter's success?