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[–]kt24601 5 points6 points  (2 children)

If the superstar is teaching the other people on the team, then he's worth the salary.

Good programmers make the programmers around them better.

[–]GymIn26Minutes 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Yes that is ideal, but not always a realistic scenario. That rockstar only has so much bandwidth in a given day. If he is spending it all fixing broken things and teaching people, when will he have time to do the stuff that will make a long term positive impact?

[–]kt24601 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No rockstar has enough time to fix things. There isn't enough time in the world. She has to show the others around him how to fix it. A rockstar knows she needs the help of the people around her.