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> You can’t resolve all issues with asynchronous communication. Name one?

• sokoloff 6y ago
  1:1 career conversations
  • lugged 6y ago
    You can't have these in slack async? (because I have)
    • sokoloff 6y ago
      I 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 ago
  Pair programming!
  • lugged 6y ago
    This is the only one that actually is valid. Good point!
• Ididntdothis 6y ago
  An 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 ago
    But can be resolved...
• coopsmgoops 6y ago
  It 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 ago
    So its a trade off? But still can't name one..