This is very true. Attrition helps with cross pollination as well as enforcing process and knowledge sharing.
However, I'd submit that it doesn't matter how good the docs and process are, you're going to lose a lot when an engineer who has been at a company for, say, 3+ years leaves:
* historical knowledge
* personal relationships
* intuition about the systems
Some things you can't get except by putting in the time.
However, I'd submit that it doesn't matter how good the docs and process are, you're going to lose a lot when an engineer who has been at a company for, say, 3+ years leaves:
* historical knowledge * personal relationships * intuition about the systems
Some things you can't get except by putting in the time.