That, and: Sometimes you have someone on a team and it looks like they’re not doing all that much - but then you realise that when they are there the team is very productive and when they are not there the team is not productive at all. Maybe because they are a good sounding board1), or maybe because they act sort of like an interpreter between some of the team members2), or maybe because they bring cake3), or whatever. Sometimes you’ll never know.
1) And that’s invaluable.
2) You know the situaton. Two or more guys - same first language, same field, etc - meaning the same thing, having basically the same opinion, still arguing the same point for days for no apparent reason…
3) “When the food is good enough, the grunts will stop complaining about the incoming fire.”
