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Ah, but it's clear the author knows his stuff and is using the term "egoless programmer" as defined by Jerry Weinberg in his 1971 The Psychology of Computer Programming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoless_programming). It has nothing to do with being "easy to mange", it means exactly what he said, and is the opposite of at least the connotations of "rockstar".

Similarly, the iffiness of "rockstars" in working well in teams is legendary.

I really doubt the OP has a hidden agenda of making things easier for managers.