I think the main reasons to join teams are either to do collaborative projects or to get mentorship. I think for most people one or both of those will be pretty important, and so individual work is usually a kind of stop-gap—lower barriers to entry, but if it’s a good fit the expectation should be to join a larger team after not-that-long. For people who already feel well-oriented and who are interested in projects that can be done by individuals, then I think it’s not a big deal either way though it can still be nice to have a closer community of people working on safety.
I think the main reasons to join teams are either to do collaborative projects or to get mentorship. I think for most people one or both of those will be pretty important, and so individual work is usually a kind of stop-gap—lower barriers to entry, but if it’s a good fit the expectation should be to join a larger team after not-that-long. For people who already feel well-oriented and who are interested in projects that can be done by individuals, then I think it’s not a big deal either way though it can still be nice to have a closer community of people working on safety.