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During our interview process we attempt to quantify "Communication" as a trait; which includes "Ability to ask questions and clarify requirements." It really i
by matchagaucho 9y ago
During our interview process we attempt to quantify "Communication" as a trait; which includes "Ability to ask questions and clarify requirements."
It really is an essential must have skill for remote workers.
The ability to communicate visually and exhibit spatial intelligence through sharing screenshots and diagrams also goes a long way to being successful remotely.
An open office has the benefit of whiteboards and pen/paper to do visual knowledge transfer.
- ghaff 9y ago>An open office has the benefit of whiteboards and pen/paper to do visual knowledge transfer. Any face-to-face setting really. I'm not sure why we haven't done a better job of cracking the "like a whiteboard (or flipchart or whatever) but for people who aren't in the same room" thing. I know it's partly a surface area thing but you'd think we could do better when it's such an obvious, at least to me, missing piece in remote interactions.
- afarrell 9y agoPart of it is finding a good drawing tablet and good software for it. A $40 wacom tablet and whats out there for free/cheap on OSX currently doesn't work -- it takes too much frustration compared to compared to the intuitive interface of pen+paper. You'd need something with the intuitiveness of MS Paint, which is hard. MS Paint's intuitive program model is world class.