[paranoidrobot]

> It’s not like we have a term like “individual contributor” or anything in the industry.

Perhaps I'm missing something here.

To me "individual contributor" means anyone who is NOT: A (technical) "Lead", "Chief", "Architect", or (possibly) "Staff" anything, and has no management or team-leader responsibilities.

[Terr_]

Yeah, it doesn't mean a 1-person-team, it means your job doesn't include supervising someone else.