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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:31AM (#25659197)
For sure. And it's why frankly in my opinion it's very hard to scale software development effectively beyond 25-50 engineers. After that politics and faux-meritocracies take over as people lose personal touch with each other.

Not that small companies can't be hell, too.

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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by mathattack on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:12PM (#25659695)
Yes. Most good people know who the other good people are, but it’s hard to turn that into a plan fit for large companies.
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