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Re:The magic of small engineering teams by chidli1234 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @04:01PM (#40930910)
Hmm.. 47 people, 15 teams - indicates 3 to a team.

Yet the image has 6 gophers.

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Re:The magic of small engineering teams by warkdarrior on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @05:34PM (#40931731)
15 teams means 15 first-line managers, 5 second-line managers, 2 directors, and 1 VP (I am assuming the manager teams have the same rule of 3/team). In total 23 managers for 47 people.
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Re:The magic of small engineering teams by Eridrus on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @06:14PM (#40932035)
Do they actually have 15 dedicated first line managers? For a team of 3 people you can definitely get away with a TL who spends most of their time coding.
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Re:The magic of small engineering teams by icedchai on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @06:04PM (#40931969)
Sadly, I have seen organizations follow this rule. And wind up with more "managers" than actual ICs. It's insane.
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