Re:Work for a remote culture
by stephengillie on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @11:25AM
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How tight are your schedules? How much do you overcommit developer resources? How much do your salespeople promise that you can't realistically do?
I just left a position where remote was impossible because of the workload. The office culture had strict hours, and developers were expected to work on new projects AND bug fix tickets at the same time. (They would tell the architect "You can use these 2 good developers this week" and then tell the developers "You can't work on the architect's project this week, you have to do bug fix tickets.")
Essentially, a remote culture is a more laid-back culture. It's about herding the cats...not about herding cattle, or milking cats.
I just left a position where remote was impossible because of the workload. The office culture had strict hours, and developers were expected to work on new projects AND bug fix tickets at the same time. (They would tell the architect "You can use these 2 good developers this week" and then tell the developers "You can't work on the architect's project this week, you have to do bug fix tickets.")
Essentially, a remote culture is a more laid-back culture. It's about herding the cats...not about herding cattle, or milking cats.