I don't disagree with the article but in these discussions I think one thing people generally miss is organizations optimize throughput at the organization leve

I don't disagree with the article but in these discussions I think one thing people generally miss is organizations optimize throughput at the organization level. Individual developers productivity might suffer from various causes like adding more developers, policy, communication overhead and other things. But the company could still be increasing their value through these actions which is the only thing that actually matters.