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I love the teams I work with, but that doesn't mean I want them to interrupt me all day long while I'm trying to do meaningful work. I think it's important to

by ylhert 10y ago

I love the teams I work with, but that doesn't mean I want them to interrupt me all day long while I'm trying to do meaningful work. I think it's important to be flexible with work hours, but that goes both ways. My concern is with places where strict requirements are set up for hours, and places that are not willing to be more open minded about crossover work hours. As far as I am concerned, 4 hours of overlap per day amongst the team is sufficient. If more overlap than that seems necessary, it is probably a process problem. I love pair programming! However I cannot pair program in an open office plan with tons of noise/distractions.

ebbv 10y ago
Four hours of overlap CAN work but it depends on the overlap. For example, if the rest of the team is working more "normal hours", starting before 10am and you don't start until 3pm, that means they can't have the whole team can't have a stand up meeting until 3pm when you get on. End of the day stand up meetings CAN work, but the natural flow is to start the day with it so you can talk about what you WILL be working on today and what you DID work on yesterday, rather than what you think you'll be working on tomorrow. Also, it's hard to ensure the whole team has overlap if the times are too flexible. I have a teammate who starts at 7am, if we had another teammate who wanted to start at 4pm, they would never overlap.