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When there is a separation of responsibilities and not enough knowledge overlap or documentation, then people are more likely to feel stranded when their collea
by youeseh 7y ago
When there is a separation of responsibilities and not enough knowledge overlap or documentation, then people are more likely to feel stranded when their colleagues go offline.
- setr 7y agoI work with offshore developers and the general idea is that you're reachable by phone/slack/email off-hours -- both them and myself. Obviously with delay.. but for simple questions/statuses it's not concerning. But if it was actually blackout, it'd be untenable.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoThat team has created something with a dangerously low bus factor (especially the poor docs), and is lucky to be getting a warning early enough to resolve it. Turnover does happen sooner or later.