“Happy development teams are all alike; every unhappy development team is unhappy in their own unique way.” Tolstoy was right. There are infinitely many ways f

“Happy development teams are all alike; every unhappy development team is unhappy in their own unique way.” Tolstoy was right. There are infinitely many ways for a team to be toxic and only one way for them to be happy. A shared sense of a common goal, knowing how each member uniquely contributes to that goal, and a common respect for the value of those contributions. Deviate from that and you get in trouble.