Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ...
by pdimitar on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:03PM
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> Thing is, in typical offshoring arrangements, much of this is impossible.
I am quite the outgoing and easily sociable guy but I'll agree this is impossible and will tell you why it's impossible for me:
What you propose happens on the company time. Remote contractors always have this anxiety about "am I spending my time being focused enough on the work I am paid for?"
Shortly before I was laid off from my last job I realized that I constantly postponed getting to know the team better because of that.
It's hard to let yourself be looser if don't have the status of an employee (vs. being a contractor) and/or if you aren't shown you are a valued member of the team.
I am quite the outgoing and easily sociable guy but I'll agree this is impossible and will tell you why it's impossible for me:
What you propose happens on the company time. Remote contractors always have this anxiety about "am I spending my time being focused enough on the work I am paid for?"
Shortly before I was laid off from my last job I realized that I constantly postponed getting to know the team better because of that.
It's hard to let yourself be looser if don't have the status of an employee (vs. being a contractor) and/or if you aren't shown you are a valued member of the team.