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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by watwut on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:05AM (#25668876)
> Two years is an eternity for a team's headcount not to grow.

Teams do not expand until infinity. In fact, it is often better for teams to not expand.

If you are expected to be leader after two years, because the teams are expanding regardless of whether more people are needed and because everyone else is fresh new, then there is issue with managemet

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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by closeparen on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:07PM (#25678927)
Where do you think the crazy stock growth for the entire tech industry over the last 10 years is coming from? Having a massive backlog of productive opportunities, scaling up to execute on more and more of them in parallel.

I don’t expect that to last forever, but it’s the context that this system is built for.

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