So no, we don’t hire architects. We hire developers. In a small team, there is no room for management deadwood. Everybody pays their own freight. The more senior you are, the more you get to help and coach and mentor others. Leading means enabling others to do their job and make good decisions on their own, not cutting their food and handing off work.

I think I’m going to paste this blurb up outside my office. There’s this undercurrent going around the office about the need for an architect who would help guide us through the next phases of development. Thankfully, this hasn’t been done yet and I’ll fight it as long as I can.