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I understand the desire, but there's a reason "product ownership" has become a trend. Similar to what's mentioned in the article, development and deployment and working with customers aren't independent. I would rather "own" my software than attempt to work on a stream of "isolated" tickets. And I think the real task of delivering value to stakeholders is more efficient without over-specialization.

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Consider the fact that when complexity of the system rises to a point where no human can comprehend it, the project must lean more and more on specialization rather than a bunch of jack of all trades ownership type organization.

Ideally, personally and professionally we prefer autonomy but there hits a point where logistically it becomes fundamentally impossible due to complexity. Society itself must segment itself into specialists due to immense complexities it has to deal with. Eventually organizations within these societies must do the same as they grow bigger and begin to assimilate and represent a bigger portion of the society itself.

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