Two Senior Engineers on a Team?

Question

Would you say it is a bad practice to have two senior engineers on a team, where one is the team lead and the other is not?To me this just seems like a waste of a senior engineer, you could replace the second senior with a mid-level and have the senior lead their own team, which allows the mid-level engineer to grow and reduces head-butting.

gregjor · Accepted Answer

I would prefer an entire team of senior programmers. That way maybe you get something like Unix or C or Oracle out of them rather than months of arguing over React vs. Vue.Seriously, skills multiply. If two senior people can&rsquo;t get along and complement each other one or both of them shouldn&rsquo;t be called &ldquo;senior.&rdquo;