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0 pointsvanderZwan7y ago0 comments

> My far-fetched theory is that teamwork is still something very rarely found.

You could probably test this by looking at different work environments outside of Silicon Valley or even the US.

Also, a few years ago I read a NYT opinion article citing research into what teams perform best. It wasn't all that dependent on IQ, but on those where where, everyone contributes more equally, people were better at reading each other's emotional state, and which had more women[0][1]. It should be noted that women are better on average at reading emotional states, and that being better at reading each other's emotional state may play a big part in having everyone contribute equally.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/why-some-t...

[1] https://archive.fo/BM7BT

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blablabla1237y ago

Thanks for the references, the NYT article is really interesting.

Actually I recently had a discussion about the exact topic. At my current work we have something like team work, the last time before I had that was years ago in university where we could hand in together exercises in a group. That was one woman, two men in the group. That was awesome, we truly developed the understand and the solution together.

Another point though is that individuals (me for instance) have to learn to work in teams (again). Having worked for years as 1-man-army, I had a hardy time working effectively with other people.

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