At what point does “just ask someone” stop working for a growing team?
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When a team is small, it’s usually pretty easy to figure out who knows what. But as the company grows, I imagine there’s a point where constantly asking someone for an answer starts creating more problems than it solves.
For those who’ve grown a team, when did you start noticing that shift? And what changed?
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It was probably when I realized I was interrupting the same 2 to 3 people for everything.
You can get pretty far just asking around. It gets messy when nobody knows who actually has the answer.
Team size probably isn't the real thing. If everyone owns a lot of different stuff this can happen pretty early.
I'd be more worried when people stop asking because they don't want to bother someone.