Comment by jt2190
16 hours ago
> Teams don't just work together magically and "organically".
This is the “employees are resources” mentality, and is common in mature companies. In a startup, however, you need to hire for individuals that will “make it rain”, and not wait around for some process or manager to tell them to communicate or do work. If your employees are not coming together as a team and figuring things out without your handholding you’ve hired the wrong people.
People aren't mind readers.
It's not "handholding". And it's not about a "resources" mentality or wanting to "make it rain".
The best engineers can have wildly different and incompatible communication styles at first. Nobody is wrong, just different.
I don't know what to tell you, except that your approach is basically wishful thinking, in my experience.
And things like standups and retrospectives are where your employees come together as a team.