The observation that this pattern emerges recursively is totally valid. Just as we refactor code and add layers of abstraction, so we refactor org structures wh

The observation that this pattern emerges recursively is totally valid. Just as we refactor code and add layers of abstraction, so we refactor org structures when certain teams become hotspots. The crux of the matter is that as organisations scale up different teams have different "runtime complexity" (if you will). Scaling up input 2x produces 2x more work for some teams and 100x more work for other teams. And then we have ourselves the "how do we scale workloads?" discussion on our hands again. If your workload is stateless - you scale it horizontally (more humans). If you workload is stateful you scale it vertically. I don't know how to scale humans vertically.