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You're also held hostage by their infrastructure too. I'm not saying it's bad cause I don't know, but if something went out, do you really trust them to get thi
by MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
You're also held hostage by their infrastructure too. I'm not saying it's bad cause I don't know, but if something went out, do you really trust them to get things back online in a reasonable amount of time?
- kyawzazaw 6y agohow much reliability of an infrastructure does an an individual engineer need?
- function_seven 6y agoI suppose if you have reliable and reasonably-priced mobile data, then you can deal with any other infrastructure issues that arise. Laptops don't need perfect power uptime, and software engineers don't always need to shower. But without that, at least the telecoms should probably be reliable.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoWhat about companies that monitor you? Mine at least we have to ping it at a random time during the day and we're not told when we get pinged. I'm just saying that as work from home becomes more common, it's only a matter of time before corporate starts measuring "output" now that they can't check up on you whenever. For programmers at least it's not so bad. For everybody else lower than management, I can only see people feeling unfairly shackled.
- kyawzazaw 6y agoSounds like a terrible micromangement
- prawn 6y agoI know your point stands regardless, but you're replying to a guy who lived in a jeep for more than two years driving through 35 countries in Africa. I think he could cope with Costa Rican infrastructure. :)
- Rebelgecko 6y agoHow did it impact your productivity? Was there enough bandwidth to videochat with your coworkers, and if not do you feel like that had any downsides?
- grecy 6y agoActually it was 2 years from Alaska to Argentina and then 3 years around Africa. Internet connectivity is MUCH better than you're thinking. 3G and 4G in every town big enough to have a gas station. The wired internet was so fast in Nairobi and Cape Town I legitimately thought something was wrong. After living in the US, Canada and Australia I've never used internet even half that fast, it was mind bending.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoI wonder if that might be because wired is still somewhat of a luxury compared to most that the ISP's aren't held back by the service they offer since there are so few utilizing the bandwidth.
- grecy 6y agoI take it you've never been to Cape Town? It's much, MUCH more developed than you're thinking. Hundreds of thousands of people in a very beautiful and modern city.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoWhen I went to Cape Town the internet was awful. Super slow (at least for US/EU sites) and with very restrictive data caps (IIRC, 10GB per month). That was circa 2008 so perhaps things are better now
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago10GB a month? Jeez what were you doing? Streaming videos all day!?
- howlgarnish 6y agoA wired internet connection plus a mobile network with enough bandwidth to tether is sufficiently redundant for the average software engineer. Maybe throw in a diesel generator/Tesla Powerwall if you're worried about power outages that last longer than your laptop's battery. If all three fail simultaneously, you probably have bigger problems than just internet connectivity.