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Thank you, Uncle Bob, for stating the obvious. As we enter an era where remote, distributed work is common, normalized, and, nay, even the default, we will quic
by legerdemain 5y ago
Thank you, Uncle Bob, for stating the obvious. As we enter an era where remote, distributed work is common, normalized, and, nay, even the default, we will quickly realize that human contact at work is unnecessary.
That teammate tapping you on the shoulder to ask you "a quick question"? An unnecessary distraction. A daily standup where you take turns passing a ball around and making up a 30-second summary of what you did yesterday? A stressful and useless waste of time.
Outside of companies heavy on the office politics, it should quickly become obvious that full-remote, full-async teams are far more effective, and sanity will finally prevail.
- jrochkind1 5y agoMartin Fowler is not "Uncle Bob". And "thank you for stating the obvious" is usually an insult in American English. If you're wondering why you're getting downvoted, might be one of those.
- legerdemain 5y agoAre you... complaining about downvoting on my behalf? How absurd.
- jrochkind1 5y agoNope, wasn't complaining.
- dbt00 5y agoI think it's incorrect to assume that your preferred working pattern (remote) is universally good for other people, even setting aside the legitimate concerns about interruptions, daily standups (something plenty of remote teams do), or office politics. I don't like any of that latter group of things. I still work much better in on a team that I see every day and my productivity suffers immensely when working remotely and not talking to other people. "This works for me, it should work for everyone." is an antipattern.