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You know the answer to this is "ok boomer" right? But seriously you hit upon a lot of topics us older folks seem to get and younger folks don't and also vice v

You know the answer to this is "ok boomer" right? But seriously you hit upon a lot of topics us older folks seem to get and younger folks don't and also vice versa. It's also well within their rights to demand remote work and not have to go into the office at all. Perhaps younger minds are better at collaboration than older minds? And even as an older guy who had a "butts in seats" policy when I managed folks, I don't buy the argument that working remotely has serious tradeoffs. If they were so bad, open source software would never have taken off. You don't have to be in the office to collaborate effectively. Maybe if your personality demands it, but a lot of us introverts (or non-neuro-normative if you will) kinda like not being around people who talk all the time.

EricE 4y ago
>You know the answer to this is "ok boomer" right? Yup, and when they get to my age funnily enough they will be sounding much like me. Much like I sound like my parents despite swearing in my naivety to never be like them :) Youth is indeed wasted on the young :p (it was wasted on me too!)
- rectang 4y ago
  > Yup, and when they get to my age funnily enough they will be sounding much like me. They won't have all of your biases and hangups, though. They'll be out of touch with succeeding generations, but not for the same reasons.
  - EricE 4y ago
    lol - see you in 20 years my friend :)
rectang 4y ago
I'm an open source dev myself with lots of experience in remote collab in both open source and commercial, and I agree with EricE that there are downsides — and serious ones at that. However, there are benefits which are just as significant! Depending on the organization the tradeoffs can skew wildly towards choosing remote, so I essentially agree with your conclusion. I just think it's unfortunate that he's dragged culture war contempt into the discussion, as i think that has inhibited our ability to have curious conversation about the tradeoffs.

EricE 4y ago

>You know the answer to this is "ok boomer" right? Yup, and when they get to my age funnily enough they will be sounding much like me. Much like I sound like my parents despite swearing in my naivety to never be like them :) Youth is indeed wasted on the young :p (it was wasted on me too!)

rectang 4y ago
> Yup, and when they get to my age funnily enough they will be sounding much like me. They won't have all of your biases and hangups, though. They'll be out of touch with succeeding generations, but not for the same reasons.
- EricE 4y ago
  lol - see you in 20 years my friend :)

rectang 4y ago

I'm an open source dev myself with lots of experience in remote collab in both open source and commercial, and I agree with EricE that there are downsides — and serious ones at that. However, there are benefits which are just as significant! Depending on the organization the tradeoffs can skew wildly towards choosing remote, so I essentially agree with your conclusion. I just think it's unfortunate that he's dragged culture war contempt into the discussion, as i think that has inhibited our ability to have curious conversation about the tradeoffs.