I've been in the situation you've described (and I've been part of the problem). And yes, it can be really frustrating. Some teams don't work. And sometimes a s

I've been in the situation you've described (and I've been part of the problem). And yes, it can be really frustrating. Some teams don't work. And sometimes a single person makes or breaks a team. This is fascinating by itself, but a bit off topic. The big difference is that online the reader to writer ratio is way different. Online, when somebody points out that a hash-map insert is amortized O(1) instead of O(1) hundreds or thousands of people benefit. When the contractor tries to convince you that a scattered shower is different from a heavy mist (even though you're not in the least interested) nobody benefits. It's just noise.