I never said you mentioned anything along the lines of &quot;humans as resources&quot; - I meant that the A Player mentality lends to this. Apologies if it came across any different.<p>My issue is that A&#x2F;B&#x2F;C boxing is almost binary view.<p>You&#x27;re either good or you&#x27;re not.<p>Life isn&#x27;t that simple.<p>I&#x27;ve worked with fantastic developers who are a pain to communicate and participate on a team with. I&#x27;ve worked with average developers who can anticipate customer needs from a spec better than most and are energising for a team. I&#x27;ve never worked with someone who is excellent at all facets of their job. I have worked with some people who seemed hopeless at all facets (though it always struck me that they&#x27;re in the wrong sector rather than just being completely useless individuals).<p>The largest team I&#x27;ve led has been 5 people whom I had much experience with and so knew various strengths and weaknesses.<p>And I&#x27;m rambling here but that loops back to my first point: people have strengths and weaknesses and boxing them into lettered teams just ignores this.