[MrSqueezles]

Yeah, I don't know whether I believe they actually found 18,000 people and somehow sorted them accurately into high and low performers.

I've worked with people who don't like teamwork because they're afraid of being discovered as not knowing what they're doing and others who can't compromise on literally anything, so claim they're the smartest and best and nobody can keep up. All have in common that in the long term, the things they build are unmaintainable Jenga towers nobody else understands. The rest of the team used 5 people's input to build robust systems. The silo workers just had themselves. It shouldn't be surprising that even with design and code reviews, what they create isn't as good.

They also have in common that they love to be called "lone wolves" because it makes them sound cool. I'm about 99% sure this article was written by one.

[pydry]

>I've worked with people who don't like teamwork because they're afraid of being discovered as not knowing what they're doing and others who can't compromise on literally anything, so claim they're the smartest and best and nobody can keep up. All have in common that in the long term, the things they build are unmaintainable Jenga towers nobody else understands.

Amen. Or both, even.

I worked with a lot of these at the beginning of my career. They would stick around for ages in companies that paid poorly, leading teams of fresh faced junior developers who would rotate out as soon as they had enough experience to get a pay rise and go work somewhere sane.

[Shinmon]

What even is a low and high performer? This depends highly on context and on the environment.

Something I do see though is that there is a trend towards more and more distraction. Always be available in slack, large offices where someone always wants something, etc.

Also, in my experience, some companies just love to have pointless meetings with many people that cannot contribute at all, because it's just not relevant to their work.

I do like to work in teams, in general, but it has to work for everyone at the end of the day.