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and then the rise of the remote empires began. I am sure most companies will find a way to hire talent remotely. The positive side of this act would be that hu

by fazkan 9y ago

and then the rise of the remote empires began. I am sure most companies will find a way to hire talent remotely. The positive side of this act would be that huge companies will start to think about hiring people remotely. Which would mean improved practices in managing remote talent. and frankly I think its overdue, the tools are the technology is there, why the do you need borders to impede your company's progress.

hiram112 9y ago
We've been hearing this warning forever. The truth is, if the remote teams in low cost places like India and China worked so well, they would have long ago offshored everything. Cause let's be honest, most companies can't even deal with remote working once or twice a week from their own employees in the same city.
- tempForaReply13 9y ago
  I work with a team in India. I work in the midwest. The time difference is awful. I'm up until 3am, regularly, and occasionally have to work from 11pm-3am, then get up again for an 8am call. There's a reason that this isn't that common. It _sucks_.
- fazkan 9y ago
  Well, I think, the difference now is that the technology is mature enough to enable distributed work. I work at Mentor Graphics, and altough its embedded software most of my managers work from EU/US timezone and they all work from home. I don't know how people used to manage their issues before jira/github but it certainly has helped remote work. Plus the internet as a whole is penetrating developing countries so the issues of no internet and lag is not there anymore. I can't back this up with data but, I have personally seen a rise in the remote first companies. the first name that comes to mind is Linaro, plus I think red hat also supports remote hires. All the dev ops jobs that I see are remote. So yes the change is a difficult one and it needs a particular mindset on the managers side as well. But I think the threshold to become a remote company is a lot lower now...

by fazkan 9y ago

hiram112 9y ago

We've been hearing this warning forever. The truth is, if the remote teams in low cost places like India and China worked so well, they would have long ago offshored everything. Cause let's be honest, most companies can't even deal with remote working once or twice a week from their own employees in the same city.

tempForaReply13 9y ago
I work with a team in India. I work in the midwest. The time difference is awful. I'm up until 3am, regularly, and occasionally have to work from 11pm-3am, then get up again for an 8am call. There's a reason that this isn't that common. It _sucks_.
fazkan 9y ago
Well, I think, the difference now is that the technology is mature enough to enable distributed work. I work at Mentor Graphics, and altough its embedded software most of my managers work from EU/US timezone and they all work from home. I don't know how people used to manage their issues before jira/github but it certainly has helped remote work. Plus the internet as a whole is penetrating developing countries so the issues of no internet and lag is not there anymore. I can't back this up with data but, I have personally seen a rise in the remote first companies. the first name that comes to mind is Linaro, plus I think red hat also supports remote hires. All the dev ops jobs that I see are remote. So yes the change is a difficult one and it needs a particular mindset on the managers side as well. But I think the threshold to become a remote company is a lot lower now...