Why?
Because their skill sets don’t match. One such team have two iOS developers, 2 pythons developers and one tester. They can divide the PBIs into subtasks but they’ll continue to work solo as their skills don’t match.
It seemed like a valid point to me at first.
But then I thought a little deeper. Why exactly do we have developer or tester role to begin with? Aren’t they actually skills?
Considering myself a developer, do I need to be a developer only throughout my life? Can’t I test as well? Of course I can.
Similarly if I am a Python or a backend developer, nobody really constrain me to remain a backend developer throughout my life.
But then these roles seem to be embedded in our mindset. Ever thought why?
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