It can work both ways. A brilliant employee who is hard to replace can add a lot of value to a company. If you insist on creating a process where developers a

It can work both ways. A brilliant employee who is hard to replace can add a lot of value to a company. If you insist on creating a process where developers are replaceable cogs in a machine the output you get will look like something that came out of said machine. Managers should encourage employees to become highly valuable and at the same time manage the risk of those employees leaving some day - preferably mostly by creating the right environment for those employees to flourish.