A collection of experts or an organization?

Would you rather have a set of experts that operate well individually? Or would you rather build an organization and set of software engineering practices and culture where not just the top 1% developers know how to perform well in? Imagine an organization where the practices make it such that also the average developer (which is the majority of people you’ll be able to hire) can excel and make an impact.¹

1. You’d have the majority of developers being more productive.
2. Wouldn’t the experts be even more effective?

Footnotes

1. Continuous refactoring accelerates delivery https://youtu.be/r41VVvb4glw ↩