A [decently managed] team of 5 will always outproduce you.
I wouldn't be so sure. It depends on the problem you're solving. Of course for routine work it would be like that.
Re:Not Just Any Old Geek
by chrisbennet on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @07:47AM
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And this ^^^ is what experience sounds like.
A team is certainly the right tool for some situations but often the toughest routes require a single very very good climber.
By definition most work is routine.
And yes, for phd-level (or almost) research work into new territories, one person teams are best.
> A [decently managed] team of 5 will always outproduce you. No matter how little they work or how much better you are individually.
Furthermore, that team will also outproduce a 25 people team.
But 1-on-1? Experience wins evey time.
I'm not old old yet, but I do have the most experience[1] in my team. Spend the least time at work, strictly 8h/day, and am easily the top contributor by any engineering metric you can think of. Wish I could explain why or how, but the best I've been able to surmize is "I just get more done and spend less time going down wrong rabbit holes".
[1] most experience with our particular stack/domain, not necessarily most general irl software engineering experience