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> Video calls just aren’t as good as face to face interactions. Hard disagree. You state it like it's a fact, but it's not. It's an opinion. Especially for pr
by Buttons840 4y ago
> Video calls just aren’t as good as face to face interactions.
Hard disagree. You state it like it's a fact, but it's not. It's an opinion.
Especially for programmers a remote meeting is often better. For example, 6 engineers can meet for an impromptu meeting, someone shares their screen, all 6 people can see the shared screen clearly, all 6 people can point at things on the person's screen, all 6 people can interactively sketch ideas at the same time on the same virtual whiteboard, everyone can keep their own copy of the code open and readable while seeing the shared screen right next to it, etc. There's a lot of good things about this that cannot be replicated in person.
- rsfern 4y agoHybrid can solve this, at our group meetings (physical science, not SWE) we’ll sometimes all have laptops up at the conference table to collaborate on a document or whatever. We have a large physical screen that I think is better than sharing a screen in video chat. Remote is ok, but as an introvert I sometimes find it harder to get a word in edgewise, and I already sometimes struggle with that during in person meetings. That and I feel like IRL conversations are somehow better for unstructured/lateral/creative thinking