> Insights come from individuals, not collectives, and while having similarly skilled colleagues to bounce ideas off of and refine them with works well for grea

> Insights come from individuals, not collectives, and while having similarly skilled colleagues to bounce ideas off of and refine them with works well for great programmers, they have to come up with the ideas themselves in the first place. Bouncing insights off each other in a team might lead to someone else taking up and working on something that to the originator was just a fleeting side idea in a train of thought, but can turn out to be valid on its on / viewed from a slightly different angle / in a slightly different context. Whereas if the individual works entirely on their own, valid ideas / insights may be forgotten and fall by the wayside forever. (Personally I probably tend more towards the solo side, but have to admit there are advantages to teamwork too.)