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Lorenzo Pasqualis • Edited

Huh? Let me remind you of the context we are discussing. The context is: some developers do not WANT to work in a team. They don’t want to because they are either not there yet (but they will at some point as they grow), or they are simply not wired that way. Their personality makes them unwilling and uninterested to do so.
The first answer is actually: do not hire them for a team. Why? Because a team that needs to hire a developer that can work with them cannot fight a long battle. There are plenty of team players out there that are more qualified.
If the developer is already on a team, you can try to coach them to see if they are coachable and if they are really part of that 10% or not. Some people are coachable, but some people aren’t. The context here is the 10% who do not WANT to work in a team, thus are fundamentally uncoachable. For those, if they can’t be in a team, then they should either be fired or should be given solo-type of Projects.
If I seek team members, team members I shall find. Team players are far from being “conformists.”