> It also allows programmers, these very territorial beasts... They should be. It's difficult to get quality experience if you're only designing by committee o

> It also allows programmers, these very territorial beasts... They should be. It's difficult to get quality experience if you're only designing by committee or executing on someone else's designs. In other words, carving out niches for people is a great way to get your engineers to level up from junior to senior to beyond. They should, hopefully, appreciate the clarity in career progression also. They should be able to see themselves making bigger and more important decisions as they prove themselves.