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>>Either you have a use for that - enough of a use that you're willing to pay for it - or you don't. I think this is the crux of a lot of it. You only need on

>>Either you have a use for that - enough of a use that you're willing to pay for it - or you don't. I think this is the crux of a lot of it. You only need one lead/rockstar/ninja/10x* for every 10-20 'developers'. And, as you said, there is always the fear they will leave tomorrow for 2x the money... *) I wanna see 'evil genius' next! :-)

weatherlite 5y ago
> I think this is the crux of a lot of it. You only need one lead/rockstar/ninja/10x* for every 10-20 'developers' I really disagree, ideally you'd have at least one in every team.
- mech422 5y ago
  oh - I agree it would be nice... but very few places seem to do that. I've seen a lot of 'senior' people leading 3+ teams of junior/average developers. edit: point being, if you can muddle thru - mgmt generally doesn't see it as a 'need' just an 'expense'