Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups
by rukuu001 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @09:49PM
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Yes. As a lead with a team spread across time zones, I’m constantly reminding (nagging) people to check in. I don’t want to have to corral people into a ‘least inconvenient’ meeting slot to get updates.
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Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups
by dboreham on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @01:19AM
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This is because demanding that people spout what they did since yesterday is not how to manage humans. You need to engage with them. Call them up (voice ideally, but a slack DM thread is ok) and ask questions like they're another human being (not : what did you do since yesterday?).
Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups
by senko on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @05:41AM
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> Call them up (voice ideally, but a slack DM thread is ok) and ask questions
What? This is what developers hate the most. Leave me be, and I'll update you when there's something to update. A gentle slack nudge "remember to update trello/jira/post here/whatever" is fine since I can do that whatever.
If you call me with "hey, how's it going" while I'm in the zone and holding 7 things in my mind, you've just ruined my day and wasted at least an hour of my time.
Re:Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups
by rukuu001 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:22AM
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> demanding that people spout what they did since yesterday is not how to manage humans
Yeah I made it sound that way a bit right? Happy to say that's not what's happening.
It's more that if I don't ask, they'll tend not to volunteer anything. We only have a few hours cross-over every day, and it's hard to generate a good sense of 'team!'