83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey

Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by artursapek on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @12:38PM (#15028895)

> Also, there are things a remote worker just can't do; stand at a whiteboard and evaluate paths forward, for example. If a company values that sort of collaboration above anything else, it is certainly not "insane" to want people in the office.

In my experience, meetings like this are more often than not a huge waste of time. Since I started working remotely I am less distracted and more productive, and have no trouble collaborating with other devs.

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Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by maxxxxx on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @12:50PM (#15029007)

I agree. I contracted with a pure remote company for a while and we had less scheduled meetings but actually collaborated more. The one thing the remote company didn't have was the project management types who call meetings all the time like in my current job.

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Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by borski on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:18AM (#15035312)

Great, if all you're given is a set of requirements. If you're trying to figure out what a product should do, look like, or build a larger system, a whiteboard is invaluable. Most of those meetings aren't scheduled, either.

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