How to best work with remote colleagues, especially if in another timezone

Re:How to best work with remote colleagues, especially if in... by EdwardDiego on Thursday June 30, 2022 @07:27PM (#31940052)

A key part to this, IMO, is "you need to meet in person at least once a year". Spending some time with a person seems to be critical for developing proper relationships, in my anecdotal experience.

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Re:How to best work with remote colleagues, especially if in... by akhmatova on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:51AM (#31942516)

Yup - it's the magic ingredient. I would up it to at least 3x a year.

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Re:How to best work with remote colleagues, especially if in... by marssaxman on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:33AM (#31945522)

I have fond memories of a remote job where the team met in person every quarter. We shipped software on a quarterly cycle; we'd meet up each time, to celebrate the latest release, and spend a week planning out the next one.

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Re:How to best work with remote colleagues, especially if in... by rantallion on Saturday July 02, 2022 @11:12AM (#31959702)

Even as someone that's vehemently against office working, I agree with this. Close contact with the team a few times a year just to get together for a couple of days of food and drink is great for team building. Any more than that and I'd go nuts.

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