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Most ICs and EMs I've talked with prefer remote. I think it's coming from higher up, execs or maybe even VCs. Probably whoever is looking at the ROI on those pr
by mLuby 4y ago
Most ICs and EMs I've talked with prefer remote. I think it's coming from higher up, execs or maybe even VCs. Probably whoever is looking at the ROI on those pricy multi-year leases.
- kerkeslager 4y agoEh, I don't think real estate leases are the motivating thing here. Execs/VCs are aware of the sunk cost fallacy, and leases will end eventually.
- jrs235 4y agoJust because one knows of it doens't mean one isn't influenced/affected by it.
- kerkeslager 4y agoI suppose that's true, I'm aware of some fallacies (such as anchoring bias) which don't seem to be changed by knowing they exist, and some fallacies which seem to change pretty drastically upon finding out about them (such as fixed mindset (as opposed to growth mindset)). I'm not sure which category sunk cost fallacy falls into.
- cosmotic 4y agoJust because they are aware doesn't mean they aren't susceptible.
- RestlessMind 4y agoMost ICs and EMs I have talked with prefer hybrid - 2 to 3 days in office, the rest from home. Maybe we live in different bubbles?
- orwin 4y agoICs too? My current team manager is also an IC and is the first manager I had this last two years who understand that code review and mentorship were harder and less efficient onprem and that our non-remote days should be dedicated to informal meetings about architecture and design decisions. And eating together. First time I have less than 3 hours of meeting a week too (the rule he enforce is no more than 5 hours, even the tech lead/architect), everything else should be 1:1. First time I've been this productive (and I'm only two months in).
- RestlessMind 4y ago> ICs too? Yes. Typically, those were very junior ones in their first job, who were still learning the ropes. Ramping up on a complicated codebase in a remote setup was very hard for them. Also some senior ICs who wanted to design nuances of a complex system. Amount of work we got done in a few hours with a whiteboard was much more than what we achieved over a few weeks of remote "collaboration".