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> In many cases, getting on a call with someone or even just taking 10-20 minutes to have a synchronous chat is all it takes I have only found that to be benef

> In many cases, getting on a call with someone or even just taking 10-20 minutes to have a synchronous chat is all it takes I have only found that to be beneficial if you work with horrible communicators who struggle to get their thoughts out without repeating themselves in a multitude of ways. In the age of testing candidates to death, ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater if they cannot calculate how many golf balls fit on a bus in O(n) time using a reversed linked list, why are you hiring horrible communicators in the first place? Having had the luxury of once working with a team of effective communicators, the idea of needing a 10-20 minute call would have been laughable.

marcosdumay 5y ago
> I have only found that to be beneficial if you work with horrible communicators who struggle to get their thoughts out without repeating themselves in a multitude of ways. That's true, that's just around 99% of the people, while it's useless for the 1% that can't communicate even with synchronous audiovisual aid.
- randomdata 5y ago
  > that's just around 99% of the people True, although it is a learned skill so the only reason that is the case is because they haven't taken the time to learn. Which is fine. But, given the tech industry's obsession with hiring only those who have learned rare skills, it is an odd exclusion given that this quality it is arguably the most important facet of effective team software development.