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I am sure there are legal reasons but if I had to set up a remote company I would probably try to restrict the timezones. My current company has dev teams in So
by Ididntdothis 6y ago
I am sure there are legal reasons but if I had to set up a remote company I would probably try to restrict the timezones. My current company has dev teams in South America and India. They are all good people but dealing with India [13 hours) is a big pain because somebody has to make calls during his personal time instead of work time. It’s a real burden. And in my view you absolutely have to make direct calls from time to time. You can’t resolve all issues with asynchronous communication.
- lugged 6y ago> You can’t resolve all issues with asynchronous communication. Name one?
- sokoloff 6y ago1:1 career conversations
- lugged 6y agoYou can't have these in slack async? (because I have)
- sokoloff 6y agoI don't believe you can have that conversation effectively if each person gets to send one message per day due to timezone-induced lack of workday overlap. Day 1 M> So, what do you think your next career move would be? Day 2 E> I don't know. I really enjoy software engineering, but I think I'm ready to take on some kind of leadership role. Day 2 M> OK, that's great. Do you need any kind of support before taking that on? Day 3 E> I'm not sure what you mean. Day 3 M> ...
- Ryckes 6y agoPair programming!
- lugged 6y agoThis is the only one that actually is valid. Good point!
- Ididntdothis 6y agoAn example is custom hardware not working as expected. To debug this you may need five different people on the line at the same time. If you do this in an async manner it will take days or weeks to resolve.
- lugged 6y agoBut can be resolved...
- coopsmgoops 6y agoIt can work if you're not in a rush. If you need to wait overnight to get help with something that slows you down.
- lugged 6y agoSo its a trade off? But still can't name one..