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2-4 times a year is not really asking for much out of anyone. The fact is that relationships and trust especially can fray after a long time without actually me

by taurath 11y ago

2-4 times a year is not really asking for much out of anyone. The fact is that relationships and trust especially can fray after a long time without actually meeting with people (most of the time, you may be a special case). Its a lot harder to know what a person has been actually doing and working on without a little bit of occasional face time - you may be in a very special situation where there are almost no benefits to actually knowing your colleagues better than what you can say over IRC, but for me its always been very helpful to get a good feel for who is on the other end of the keyboard, which becomes super useful for collaberations.

cookiecaper 11y ago
>2-4 times a year is not really asking for much out of anyone. Sure, I agree it's not "asking much" relative to the requirement of a lot of employers that you be in the office every day. That doesn't mean it's something to advertise as if it were a perk. >Its a lot harder to know what a person has been actually doing and working on without a little bit of occasional face time I don't get this. You only find out what your remote colleagues are working on 2-4 times a year when you have a company retreat? >but for me its always been very helpful to get a good feel for who is on the other end of the keyboard, which becomes super useful for collaberations. Yeah, I just don't see this either. I think I collaborate fine with my colleagues. I think the focus on work-related things that occurs in IRC makes it easier to respect one another professionally. It's not the best medium for some things, but it's a great medium for collaborating on a work-related issue, especially issues that require the sharing of logs or lines of code; it's a lot easier to send the message in Slack and collaborate that way than trying to do it in person and cram around one guy's computer.
- taurath 11y ago
  True, work things are generally fine over the wire. I've found that even in a professional relationship it's nice and even advantageous to know whats going on with your coworkers!

by taurath 11y ago

cookiecaper 11y ago

>2-4 times a year is not really asking for much out of anyone. Sure, I agree it's not "asking much" relative to the requirement of a lot of employers that you be in the office every day. That doesn't mean it's something to advertise as if it were a perk. >Its a lot harder to know what a person has been actually doing and working on without a little bit of occasional face time I don't get this. You only find out what your remote colleagues are working on 2-4 times a year when you have a company retreat? >but for me its always been very helpful to get a good feel for who is on the other end of the keyboard, which becomes super useful for collaberations. Yeah, I just don't see this either. I think I collaborate fine with my colleagues. I think the focus on work-related things that occurs in IRC makes it easier to respect one another professionally. It's not the best medium for some things, but it's a great medium for collaborating on a work-related issue, especially issues that require the sharing of logs or lines of code; it's a lot easier to send the message in Slack and collaborate that way than trying to do it in person and cram around one guy's computer.

taurath 11y ago
True, work things are generally fine over the wire. I've found that even in a professional relationship it's nice and even advantageous to know whats going on with your coworkers!