Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ...
by alexlchen2019 on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:30PM
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Hey y'all, member of the engineering team here: I actually have become extremely close friends with a lot of our team members here at Gather, even though we haven't met in person — something about dropping by my coworkers' desks really makes it feel like we're together. But yeah, you really do miss out on grabbing a beer, or, for instance, knowing how tall your teammates are haha
Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ...
by grahamburger on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:42PM
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Times are a' changing! I started a job in August and haven't physically met any of my coworkers. With a culture of 'video on during calls by default' it's actually not that bad, imo. Much better than would have been possible 10 years ago.
Yikes. As someone who's worked remotely for over a decade, I can't imagine starting a company with people I've never had a beer with.