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Teamwork or Solo Development: Which Do You Prefer?

Working with a team can bring diverse perspectives and a sense of camaraderie, while working solo can give you the freedom to make all the decisions and work at your own pace. So are you a lone wolf or a team player? Or do you prefer to mix it up?

Share your thoughts in the comments!


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Adam Markiewicz

I would love to find a team but/or for my ventures

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Pablo RodrΓ­guez Montalvo

I'm a team player.

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Elijah Samson

Teamwork.... I like to see different ideas

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Ahmed Hamdy

Teamwork for sure!

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Eduard Constantin

depends on the situation, on bigger tasks/project working with a team should be the way to go, but on smaller exploratory quests/personal projects working alone is better.

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Raja Nagendra Kumar

Teamwork that leads to safe future solo work

i.e need team work to isolate work that proves abilities of teams to deliver faster with good architecture and design in place..

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Shafe Alam

Team player 🀝

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Jose Angel Munoz

Teamwork always. It is the best way to learn from others and to share experiences.

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cubiclesocial

So are you a lone wolf or a team player?

Yes.

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Francesco

I prefer both!

I love pairing sessions with my colleagues, discussing design decisions and implementation details, sometimes it is not easy to come to an agreement and I've learned to let it go when both solutions are not that different, to move forward with the problem at hand.

A the same time I enjoy focusing on a specific task alone, especially when trying something new, requiring many iterations to come to the final decision. It happened recently that I did not like too much the direction taken for a certain project but at the same time I did not have a clear idea on how to proceed. After a day of experiments I came out with a solution I liked a lot, and my colleagues too (fortunately!).