Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc...
by irrational on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:51AM
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>where I say, "Hey, let me show you something."
So... what you like is making it harder for other people to work by forcing them to pay attention to you according to your whims. I much prefer a coworker reaching out to me on Slack and saying "When you have time, let me show you something." And then I get back to them when I've finished what I am working on.
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc...
by icelancer on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:33AM
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Sure, that's fine - you like that.
Do you have empathy towards 90% of the remainder of a company who doesn't like that?
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc...
by irrational on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:39AM
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Do you mean 90% of developers? Because 100% of the developers I work with agree with me.
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc...
by wpietri on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:31AM
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Again, it depends on the company. For in-house software, which is quite a lot of the software out there, the people I need to show it to are not developers, but users. Given that I specified users, it seems pretty obvious we're talking about the whole company.
You clearly want other people to show empathy and try to honor the way you like to work. So I'll repeat icelander's question: Do you have empathy towards 90% of the remainder of a company who doesn't like that?
My current job is 100% remote; I've never met my coworkers or my users. I love not commuting, but the lack of personal bonding and the need for all communication to be 100% intentional is a real drawback. I think it's especially limiting for people that I don't work very closely with. E.g., I can't just go hang out with users and watch them work. Which makes it much harder to build relationships where I say, "Hey, let me show you something."