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Async work is more difficult, but not more inefficient. It is the difference between putting a lot of work into an email that perfectly explains something, vs s
by mejutoco 4y ago
Async work is more difficult, but not more inefficient. It is the difference between putting a lot of work into an email that perfectly explains something, vs shooting a quick email and offload the effort to the recipient.
In this case communication ability is crucial, since it requires written documents. Many people (managers and developers) lack the discipline, patience, and incentives to adopt this style of work.
- RestlessMind 4y ago> Many people (managers and developers) lack the discipline, patience, and incentives to adopt this style of work. Correct. So what do we do then? Changing people is hard. And communication styles are ingrained after a certain age. Also, even the best communicators are finding it hard to do some tasks async, like designing a complex system.
- mejutoco 4y ago> like designing a complex system If kernel devs can do it so can 90% of companies, if there is a will. This seems to me like a culture matter that needs to come from the top, though.