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I've found that small, focused teams are generally better at this, especially when they're close to the stakeholders and can arrange a metting to get some feedback if need be.

Unfortunately companies tend to throw people at the problem, so you get 10+ sized teams where 30% at maximum do any productive work, because the rest is either too caught up in their personal lives or too junior to pull their own weight.

I've been both part of that 30% and the rest in different projects and I've managed to flip one dev to the better side once, so it's not typically an inherent feature of a person.




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