Isn't that just an extension of the "empire building" that the OP was talking about? If your team is functioning fine with top level or senior developers, why d

Isn't that just an extension of the "empire building" that the OP was talking about? If your team is functioning fine with top level or senior developers, why do you have to train anyone? Because senior/top-level developers don't need training and will quickly pick up your system and swim-along relatively fine and learn as they go. That is, if your docs are good, your coverage is excellent and your process is unhindered otherwise by corporate games. Or maybe they can't spare anyone because they're all busy being trained or training someone.