I was talking to a therapist recently about the team-oriented organization of software development and he found it incredible that things are organized that way

I was talking to a therapist recently about the team-oriented organization of software development and he found it incredible that things are organized that way rather than by individual work. Certainly, in the early part of my career, I worked much more autonomously. While tools like version control allow for greater collaborative effort, I'm not entirely convinced this is a good thing.