Also, I know some programmers who generally program best if just left alone to do their job, instead of trying to get the 'team' to decide everything. Left to their own devices, they end up with the 'right'* answer in much less time than if forced to argue design with a team and then work with a team to implement it.
I know others that work best in a team and definitely benefit from talking out the entire design beforehand, and then coding pieces of it together.
So yes, there's a very good chance that those programmers who think they work better alone actually do work better alone. It's probably experience talking, and not just hubris.
* (Yes, I know there's no 1 'right' answer. The answers they come up with are always as good as they get, though.)
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Also, I know some programmers who generally program best if just left alone to do their job, instead of trying to get the 'team' to decide everything. Left to their own devices, they end up with the 'right'* answer in much less time than if forced to argue design with a team and then work with a team to implement it.
I know others that work best in a team and definitely benefit from talking out the entire design beforehand, and then coding pieces of it together.
So yes, there's a very good chance that those programmers who think they work better alone actually do work better alone. It's probably experience talking, and not just hubris.
* (Yes, I know there's no 1 'right' answer. The answers they come up with are always as good as they get, though.)