Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?
by RHSeeger on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:24PM
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I use slack for those questions and, very rarely, a phone. Collaboration doesn't need to be in person.
Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?
by scottLobster on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:39PM
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No, but I find it's a lot more fluid when it is. Talking with a white board is much more time-efficient than typing aside from exchanging code/logs/etc, and why go through the trouble of video conference/screen share with all the myriad of things that can go wrong when I can just walk over to someone's desk (or have them walk over to mine) and point at the screen/draw on the white board? Even in individual offices I'd still rather walk over or have people walk over to me. Slack and such have the advantage when it comes to location flexibility/distributed workforce, but for effective active collaboration co-location is still king IMO. At the end of the day you're having a human conversation with someone, no point in adding unnecessary layers.
I think too many developers have a "shut up and let me code" mentality that ironically hurts their progress in any collaborative effort.
Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?
by pmiller2 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:52PM
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I consider it rude to Slack someone after they've left, unless it's a critical issue. People shouldn't be "on call" for anything that could wait until morning.
Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?
by tomsthumb on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:19PM
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Slack has options to snooze notifications until working hours. We slack each other all the time after hours if someone is on call or just working late, but there's no expectation of answering till the next workday. It's nice because you can get things out there without having to remember.
Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices?
by joncampbelldev on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:22PM
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This is why slack has configurable notification levels, depending on message content and the channel its sent to.
But yeah if I was just churning out CRUD apps then I'd probably be more productive on my own.