Even for Google — when I was on the Chrome team a few years ago (to pick a nice open example, in case anyone wants to stalk my commit history) my most important

Even for Google — when I was on the Chrome team a few years ago (to pick a nice open example, in case anyone wants to stalk my commit history) my most important collaborators were three and twelve time zones away. What many projects don't discover until too late is that the practices that let you work effectively across ∆x are the same ones you need to work effectively across ∆t, and no airline can fly the new hires to last year's face-to-face.