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it's not just work it's teamwork That's clearly where many people find satisfaction, but when contemplating the future of work, please please don't overgeneral
by dasmoth 9y ago
it's not just work it's teamwork
That's clearly where many people find satisfaction, but when contemplating the future of work, please please don't overgeneralise. There's always been a group who find their satisfaction in (to a greater or lesser extent) "self-sufficiency". For me, the constant refrain of "team" is exactly the thing that makes the contemporary workplace taxing.
- agumonkey 9y agoSure, I didn't think about this much. One question: have you never found a pleasurable collaboration ? Let's say I'm a bit like you, and often had issues in workplace and was way more efficient when alone after colleagues were gone. I also fondly remember the best moments of college to be peer programming. We were sweating like musicians at a concert, a never ending relay of ideas and problems. Back to the question, maybe an hybrid structure where everyone can follow its own ideas as independantly as he needs to but can also gather around to share once in a while. (sounds like research conferences :)
- dasmoth 9y agoYes, I've enjoyed collaboration -- but almost always when it's reasonably coarse-grained, i.e. split a problem up then go [at least] several days without constant re-synchronization. But still think the biggest satisfaction for me comes from self-sufficiency.
- agumonkey 9y agoNote that I'm into frugal/minimal self sufficiency quite a bit too. My brain enjoys having a clear and generic view on things, oherwise I often feel distressed by relying on trust and obscurity.
- freshhawk 9y ago"Teamwork" meaning that the result of your work is appreciated and useful to others. Not necessarily that you actually did the work in a team, especially not the kind of BS "team" in modern office environments.