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What's better: Coding solo or as part of a team?

Survey period: 17 Mar 2014 to 24 Mar 2014

A team means you have to fix someone else's bugs. Coding solo means you have to write all the bugs yourself.

OptionVotes% 
I prefer Solo always44120.65
Solo for small projects, a team for big projects83038.86
Solo for big projects, a team for smaller projects80.37
I prefer working in a Team always23511.00
I have no preference914.26
It depends on the team, the project, the weather, my mood...53124.86



 
AnswerSolo Pin
Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi20-Mar-14 8:25
Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi20-Mar-14 8:25 
GeneralSolo for small; team for big projects Pin
pawarprashnat19-Mar-14 22:37
pawarprashnat19-Mar-14 22:37 
GeneralI like working with others. But I hate working in team. Pin
Nicolas Dorier19-Mar-14 11:15
professionalNicolas Dorier19-Mar-14 11:15 
GeneralRe: I like working with others. But I hate working in team. Pin
Nelek19-Mar-14 22:56
protectorNelek19-Mar-14 22:56 
GeneralCoding < developing Pin
Duncan Edwards Jones18-Mar-14 23:50
professionalDuncan Edwards Jones18-Mar-14 23:50 
GeneralAgree, its all about the "interfaces" no matter how we interpret this :-) Pin
pasztorpisti19-Mar-14 9:41
pasztorpisti19-Mar-14 9:41 
GeneralRe: Agree, its all about the "interfaces" no matter how we interpret this :-) Pin
Duncan Edwards Jones19-Mar-14 9:57
professionalDuncan Edwards Jones19-Mar-14 9:57 
GeneralLuke PinPopular
Bassam Abdul-Baki18-Mar-14 7:49
professionalBassam Abdul-Baki18-Mar-14 7:49 
GeneralRe: Luke Pin
Johnny J.20-Mar-14 4:36
professionalJohnny J.20-Mar-14 4:36 
GeneralThe team is not the problem; the clique attitude is... Pin
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 7:19
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 7:19 
GeneralRe: The team is not the problem; the clique attitude is... Pin
aboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:41
professionalaboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:41 
GeneralRe: The team is not the problem; the clique attitude is... Pin
CDP180218-Mar-14 19:47
CDP180218-Mar-14 19:47 
GeneralCoding is like art Pin
myker18-Mar-14 5:45
myker18-Mar-14 5:45 
GeneralRe: Coding is like art Pin
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:34
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:34 
GeneralRe: Coding is like art Pin
adriancs18-Mar-14 17:38
mvaadriancs18-Mar-14 17:38 
GeneralPreferably solo Pin
Leng Vang18-Mar-14 5:30
Leng Vang18-Mar-14 5:30 
GeneralI hate working in a team when I'm the only one actually writing code Pin
aboubkr9018-Mar-14 5:06
professionalaboubkr9018-Mar-14 5:06 
GeneralRe: I hate working in a team when I'm the only one actually writing code Pin
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:30
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:30 
GeneralRe: I hate working in a team when I'm the only one actually writing code Pin
aboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:18
professionalaboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:18 
GeneralCode is not a team sport PinPopular
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 2:48
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 2:48 
While code teams are often necessary; I have worked well in quite a few, the process of coding is similar to fine art in which the artist faces a blank canvas on which an idea must be designed and created. As in art, code is the realm of the individual mind.

Minds of mediocrity demand an assembly line process in which coders are interchangeable. They establish cliques of hive minds in which everything is collective. They make religions out of processes and procedures and demand the same zealotry of others.

In my decades in the profession I have found these team-only disciples to be people of little talent with no innovation or creativity. They conceal these inadequacies by hiding within groups: teams, pair-programming, hive-mind reviews.

Individuals create; groups consume. Every major innovation in history has been that of the individual. Of course, teams developed the atomic bomb and we know that result...
GeneralI can relate Pin
aboubkr9018-Mar-14 5:02
professionalaboubkr9018-Mar-14 5:02 
GeneralRe: I can relate Pin
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:16
Grav-Vt18-Mar-14 6:16 
GeneralRe: I can relate Pin
aboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:11
professionalaboubkr9018-Mar-14 7:11 
GeneralSolo for small; team for big projects Pin
deskcheck118-Mar-14 2:00
deskcheck118-Mar-14 2:00 
GeneralI play well with others... Pin
Johnny J.18-Mar-14 1:40
professionalJohnny J.18-Mar-14 1:40 

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