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Re:Burn the Programmer by LyndsySimon on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:59PM (#15671655)
In my experience, that depends entirely on your role.

I've found that my place is within a team of 5<x<20 - it's large enough that I can work on "meta" stuff like workflow improvements and refactoring existing functionality to make it generically applicable where appropriate, but small enough that my contributions are not lost in the noise and I can see the impact I'm having on the team's overall velocity.

If all I were doing every day was implementing yet another CRUD form, then I would feel the same way you've described.

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Re:Burn the Programmer by ben_w on Friday November 10, 2017 @01:21PM (#15671795)
You’ve just reminded me of a line from one of the Wicca books I read as a teen. The whole coven size <= 13 thing was down to how big teams can get before people tread on each other’s metaphorical feet.
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Re:Burn the Programmer by LyndsySimon on Friday November 10, 2017 @01:48PM (#15671972)
Covens of >13 are dealt with a great deal in Sterling's "Emberverse" series...
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Re:Burn the Programmer by mbrock on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:48PM (#15672386)
Surely there are lower and higher levels of abstraction and impact in accounting too—and a lot of repetitive drudgery in carpentry and other crafts.
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