Amen.
I work at a small shop, 3.5 devs. That presents limits to some extent.
And yet we were faster and more flexible than a company who had wads of cash thrown at them by some parent company who is now shutting them down.
I work at a small shop, 3.5 devs. That presents limits to some extent.
And yet we were faster and more flexible than a company who had wads of cash thrown at them by some parent company who is now shutting them down.
Other company, I assume they have the same stuff going on. Super ambitious ideas... not out the door.
I can just merge a branch all on my own most repositories if needed. Now that's not ideal but if you're disciplined, it's fast / effective.
There are times I wish we had more people / structure and such, but also times not.
While many of the inefficiencies of larger companies are, indeed, highly wasteful, it is also true that some of those inefficiencies are to increase resilience. Looking around and seeing lots of fast, flexible small companies is, at least in part, survivorship bias.
At small shops, very much a thing.
The best thing a manager can do, is to support team when he can and NOT consider himself a resource, even if he does the coding.