I Am a Programmer — No, I Don't Want to Be a Team Player

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Since the beginning of my software career, I was taught a slogan: TEAM means Together Everyone Achieves More.

However, for a long time, my idea of being a team player did not go quite far besides saying Yes to the “Are you a team player?” question.

Later in my career, I thought my interviewers deserved a more realistic answer. I decided to…