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i'm confused who's the "common wisdom" you're strawman-ing against. at the top you say "managers", at the bottom, "defensive domestic coders"; aren't those way
by brendano 17y ago
i'm confused who's the "common wisdom" you're strawman-ing against.
at the top you say "managers",
at the bottom, "defensive domestic coders";
aren't those way different?
- bravura 17y agoI'm not exactly sure who I'm strawman-ing against. I know personally from experience in talking to managers that they are very hesistant to try remote collaboration. The prevailing bias is that their workers must be in the office at the same time within earshot of each other. But, I've observed very successful collaborations between workers who leave a skype window open and communicate via audio when necessary. I also saw people, primarily managers, push-back on outsourcing on answers.onstartups.com: http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/8423/outsource-basic-webdev-maintenance-elance-vs-odesk-vs-guru-vs-rentacoder http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/8423/outsource-basic... The objections from coders? I am just guessing based upon personal feelings. When I went to the outsourcing sites, I had a strange feeling in my stomach, wondering if I was undermining the value of programming by paying below domestic market rates.