From another perspective, I left my last company because I felt the tension to become the hero. What's interesting is that there was another person who was als

From another perspective, I left my last company because I felt the tension to become the hero. What's interesting is that there was another person who was also kind of playing the hero role - but didn't quite have the development talent to make the big contributions. Man, it destroyed the team culture between the boss and the devs. It wasn't just that he "enabled mediocrity". He was seen as "being mature" and "really cared". And the other devs saw his flaws rather than his benefits. The devs began to roll their eyes when the boss talked about "caring". Once this happens, it's an awfully hard ship to turn around.