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Good thing you don't work in a globally distributed company, nothing could get done. Maybe you should look into technologies like email that allows people to s
by mhurron 10y ago
Good thing you don't work in a globally distributed company, nothing could get done.
Maybe you should look into technologies like email that allows people to send messages that can be responded to when the person has the time.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoAdding a 12-hour round-trip to any question doesn't seem like a good alternative. Isn't it a given that very few companies actually are hiring the top 0.01%? Unless you really need the absolute world best, you're probably going to do fine hiring local people who can work together closely.
- ethbro 10y agoI've found that adding {floor} round-trip to any questions someone could have figured out by reading the first result on a search to be excellent for the productivity of all involved.
- snowwrestler 10y agoOk but that still leaves all the questions that can't be answered with the first result of a search.
- ethbro 10y agoAbsolutely, I'm not saying that the best use of my time for my clients isn't asking me questions... sometimes. There's a set of stuff that I can answer in 2 minutes that might take someone an hour poring through code to figure out.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoWorking on the butt side of a globally distributed company, you realize how much more can get done when you actually visit the mother ship.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoPeople I work with have trouble understanding my emails, and I have trouble understanding their emails. Together we make Linus look like a demi-god.
- orbitur 10y agoThis ignores the concept of a blocking issue. I (in North America) had to interact with a team member in Australia for a short project, and if either of us needed the other for something, we effectively had to find other work to do while waiting for the other to actually be awake and/or at their desk.