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> shouldn't all the employees be generally available between 9 am to 5 pm? For me that's a resounding "fuck no". For what purpose? If you're a software enginee

> shouldn't all the employees be generally available between 9 am to 5 pm? For me that's a resounding "fuck no". For what purpose? If you're a software engineer why would you have to be working when someone else is? Collaboration can and should happen async. Unless you're working on some highly life-critical real-time piece of software that's invariably complex, I see no reason why software engineers need to be on the same schedules. In fact, much of why remote and even in-person work is a vast hellscape is because of these old traditions that we think we have to continue living by. The 40 hour work week, full-time all the time, real-time collaboration, set schedules, etc. It's all bullshit. You can build a highly scalable and successful business without following any of these "rules".

sumedh 5y ago
You are mixing two things. WFH has nothing to do with working different times. Some employees work in the office from 9 to 5 while others can work from 8 to 4 in the same office. That is between you and your manager. > You can build a highly scalable and successful business without following any of these "rules". Which billion dollar company has done it without following these rules?
- ryanSrich 5y ago
  I’m not mixing anything. I’m challenging the status quo. I genuinely believe and am currently attempting to build a highly successful software business entirely remotely and async. > Which billion dollar company has done it without following these rules? Success to me isn’t about being a billion dollar company, but to answer the question, GitLab comes to mind.
  - sumedh 5y ago
    > I’m not mixing anything. Working from home and, working using flexible hours are two different things. > GitLab comes to mind. Which got acquired by a billion dollar company. Do you think Gitlab was not successful in remaining independent because the rules which you want are not scalable?
    - ryanSrich 5y ago
      > Working from home and, working using flexible hours are two different things. Sure, if we want to make a distinction between WFH and Remote that's fine. WFH is essentially the same as office work, just without the commute. Remote should have no expectations of a set schedule imo. > was not successful in remaining independent Huh? GitLab was not acquired to my knowledge.
      - sumedh 5y ago
        > Huh? GitLab was not acquired to my knowledge. My bad, I assumed you were talking about Github, my brain did not even register Gitlab. I guess my brain thinks gitlab is not successful :)

sumedh 5y ago

You are mixing two things. WFH has nothing to do with working different times. Some employees work in the office from 9 to 5 while others can work from 8 to 4 in the same office. That is between you and your manager. > You can build a highly scalable and successful business without following any of these "rules". Which billion dollar company has done it without following these rules?

ryanSrich 5y ago
I’m not mixing anything. I’m challenging the status quo. I genuinely believe and am currently attempting to build a highly successful software business entirely remotely and async. > Which billion dollar company has done it without following these rules? Success to me isn’t about being a billion dollar company, but to answer the question, GitLab comes to mind.
- sumedh 5y ago
  > I’m not mixing anything. Working from home and, working using flexible hours are two different things. > GitLab comes to mind. Which got acquired by a billion dollar company. Do you think Gitlab was not successful in remaining independent because the rules which you want are not scalable?
  - ryanSrich 5y ago
    > Working from home and, working using flexible hours are two different things. Sure, if we want to make a distinction between WFH and Remote that's fine. WFH is essentially the same as office work, just without the commute. Remote should have no expectations of a set schedule imo. > was not successful in remaining independent Huh? GitLab was not acquired to my knowledge.
    - sumedh 5y ago
      > Huh? GitLab was not acquired to my knowledge. My bad, I assumed you were talking about Github, my brain did not even register Gitlab. I guess my brain thinks gitlab is not successful :)