> it's pretty much guaranteed to be someone who isn't anywhere near leading on the type of metrics these discussions are talking about - that's making the bigge

> it's pretty much guaranteed to be someone who isn't anywhere near leading on the type of metrics these discussions are talking about - that's making the biggest impact and amplifies _team_ productivity It would be great if everyone on the team had different strengths that contributed to team productivity "A smashes out small features like nobody's business", "B is great at debugging", "C is great at planning and seeing through big long-term features", "D is great at helping teammates" etc. However in practice I find you have a minority of team members who can do _all_ of A, B, C, and D's tasks well, and a mediocre majority who deliver between 20% and -10% the productivity of the talented minority.