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During COVID, we relied on the existing relationships and the shared context to get things done. In fact, it was a once in a century event and was easy to rally
by RestlessMind 4y ago
During COVID, we relied on the existing relationships and the shared context to get things done. In fact, it was a once in a century event and was easy to rally troops, the same way it is easy to unify a society when there is a war.
Now that most of the team is churned, I am observing a steep drop in productivity. New members have neither any shared context nor any meaningful bonds between them. If I were to bet, I would put my money on in-person teams easily outperforming fully-remote teams. Looking forward to see some data in the next few years.
- shawnb576 4y agoThis is exactly right. At the start of the pandemic, my company (a large well known Bay-Area tech company) saw improvements in our developer productivity metrics. Over 2020, they faded. I'm at a new company now, we have done a lot of hiring, seen a lot of churn, and it is really hard to get "think big" projects running.