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I've only once worked in a "great" team; it was a startup, they were all young and they weren't well-paid, but they were all intelligent, dedicated and knowledgeable. I once used to do college lecturing, and I've occasionally had a truly great class. A few star students energized the whole class, who were helping one-another and spurring one-another on.

The best class was a beginner's C class, and I was eminently suitable to teach it, because I was a beginner C programmer myself /s. By week 3, they were well ahead of me.

It's evidently possible to deliberately build a great team; but I have no idea how that's done. I don't know much about recruitment, and I certainly don't know how you can bring together a team like that C class.