Appretnly for 5 devs + 1QA we need now :

A project manager
A scrum master
A VP of engeneering
Another person I don't remember title.

yep 2023 will be "productive"

For 6 people I'd say yes, you do need a manager.

Don't care about the title, PM, VP of engineering, CTO, whatever.

That's about the ideal size a team should have, and every team needs a leader.

@CoreFusionX Yep I agree. Some managment should be done.

(I'm CTO here btw).

I don't do managment. So 1 person is ok. but 4 more people ? It will create a "process" which will be slow, everything will be managed as "Exception".

@NoToJavaScript

Yeah, 4 is definitely overkill, but if you are already CTO, why don't they report to you?

@CoreFusionX Very easy. I don't do people stuf :)

Platfaorm to uise, POc, filters "impossible" ? I'm doing that. Other people shoulkd manage people

Scrum masters who don't have development experience make me angry. A standup is supposed to last 10 minutes on average, at most one minute per person, where people specify what they're working on without explaining anything. Neither the current task, nor the notion of a breaking change.

This may not apply to your case, I just instantly associated from constrictive processes to the maladaptation of scrum popular at large companies where it doesn't replace the idea that devs should just dev and every management task should be done by a middle or higher manager, so the scrum master becomes someone so disconnected from the tech that they ask questions during standup.

With a project manager and a scrum master you’re already off to a great start 🤦‍♂️

@lorentz there is one important point missing... The meeting shouldn't be "report only", it should give transparency regarding the sprint cycle.

If a developer realizes they can't finish the task in the time (aka the sprint goals are endangered), they should mention that so action can be taken.

Release manager! You’re missing a release manager! You can’t get anything done without a release manager.