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This seems to be the norm on software teams these days. For every one hands on keyboard maker there is at least one architect, security analyst, agile coach, tester etc. In reality it is one person doing the work and 10 commenting on it.

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Yeah, I would also prefer if the developer would do the testing (or just create an automated test suite so we can be confident when we deploy the code), do the penetration testing and also create the full network, db and CI and CD infrastructure, not to mention the disaster recovery and budgeting for the project your are working on. Ahh and yes, ship all those features.

I consider the roles you mention hands on fwiw. I'm talking about the self sustaining paperwork roles that once they reach a critical percentage of a project start creating their own "gravity". I'm not a feature Dev.

The fact that someone is willing to cover the salaries of all of those hangers-on (of which i am one) indicates that, despite all of the friction and frustration they create, there might be value in what they do.

The challenge is for the hangers-on to become waymakers and facilitators, to develop some empathy for the folks that are trying to actually innovate and iterate within the confines they have created.

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