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Well you could have just popped over to someone's desk and caught up on their status. You could see, at a glance, whether they were blocked, or struggling or n
by jayd16 4y ago
Well you could have just popped over to someone's desk and caught up on their status. You could see, at a glance, whether they were blocked, or struggling or not. Remote requires much more formal process for that kind of synchronous feedback and you're guaranteed to interrupt someone.
Fully async is possible but it's really hard. You get much slower feedback and much longer iteration times. Instead of ad hoc collaboration and course correction, you're dealing with playing tag and over the fence throws.
- d23 4y ago> Well you could have just popped over to someone's desk and caught up on their status. You could see, at a glance, whether they were blocked, or struggling or not. This is about as good as deciding George Costanza must be working hard because he's always angrily furrowing his brow.
- jayd16 4y agoIf you're in a sitcom and only dig that deep, perhaps. In real life its easy to read body language and see if a junior is struggling. By the end of sprint one, you look at actual output and if it doesn't match your interpretation you adjust and get to know them better.