Re:A Short Rant About Working Remotely
by adrianhoward on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:42AM
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That's not gonna happen at an office. Programming requires intense concentration, hard to get in a room full of people
I'm willing to believe that, for some people, this is true. That they cannot work outside of environments like this.
There are also people who believe that they cannot work well outside of environments like this - but are incorrect (I used to be one of these).
There are also people and organisations who are very successful great developers who love and promote team room environments.
a) I'm not sure of the relative numbers of those groups
b) If the team room environments are a lot more productive then developers of the first sort are going to have long term problems getting work on projects that involve teams of developers
But for programming, I find the best environment is an empty room, no distractions, headphones on, and NO ONE bothering you. That's not gonna happen at an office. Programming requires intense concentration, hard to get in a room full of people.