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> The 10-12 hour time difference makes any small issue or missing files/data that should take 20 minutes instead take a day to get resolved. Those problems can
by LockAndLol 6y ago
> The 10-12 hour time difference makes any small issue or missing files/data that should take 20 minutes instead take a day to get resolved.
Those problems can be solved pretty easily with better communication and processes. Gitlab is remote-first and they are working quite well. Maybe your team-lead and project manager should have a look at how other companies are doing it. It's their job after all
- katbyte 6y agoHashicorp engineering is also fully remote.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoNo matter how good your communication and processes are, they can't solve the fundamental conflict where person X discovers they need some new information and the person Y who has it is asleep. You can accept the conflict, and establish an expectation (as all remote-focused teams do) that you will not be able to synchronously work on most tasks to completion. But this interacts poorly with many other expectations and processes. For example, my team's standups have become completely useless over the past few months, because we're all making 20% incremental progress on 5 things instead of completing 1 thing. When customers are breathing down my PM's neck for a new feature, he doesn't want to hear that it's 4 person-hours to implement and merge but those 4 person-hours will be spread over the next week.