It's a big Opportunity Cost because if people aren't mutually learning from each other then they are most likely just treading water skills-wise. You know, the

It's a big Opportunity Cost because if people aren't mutually learning from each other then they are most likely just treading water skills-wise. You know, the whole "5 years of experience -vs- the same year repeated 5 times" thing. This kind of culture pretty much sucks and in my experience comes from the manager's conception of the software development process being akin to handing out individual long-running homework assignments. If someone is so out of touch that they literally do not know that deep collaboration in software development is even possible, then of course they will not promote it. Anyone unhappy with the culture has a duty to put some effort into improving things, but if the total number of people who actually care is low...