I think this is true. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find such a team yet. Of course it would be nice to believe, that I'm quite talented. But really, I think, it just shows, that it is very hard, to find a team that is stellar in the things that you find the most interesting.
Or, maybe, I just have a weird taste...
Would be interesting if somebody has been successful in finding such a team for him. Sounds like you, tomerico, found one after you graduated, no?
In big companies, talented people leave programming to do architecture and project lead - you're likely to find these guys in teams that are bound to executives and senior managers.
If you work for a big comp, get a clear idea of what role you want to have: support? IT? development? tech consulting? From there try to find single persons that do well, they probably have interesting connections.
Thanks for the advice! I'm actually a Mechanical Engineer and have mostly worked for R&D so far. Also, me and most people in robotics spend most of their time programing, they are not trained programmers. Unfortunately many use this as an excuse to keep writing crappy code instead of trying to catch up with the state of the art. Heck, right now I'm the only one in my group who uses version control ...
Or, maybe, I just have a weird taste... Would be interesting if somebody has been successful in finding such a team for him. Sounds like you, tomerico, found one after you graduated, no?