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> It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next decade. The next decade has enough people who know the past & will squabble over what works fo
by rektide 4y ago
> It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next decade.
The next decade has enough people who know the past & will squabble over what works for them.
The decades after the next 10 years are much more interesting. People who never knew office culture, people who never really have committed to 9-5, people who haven't worked closely with teams, people who haven't been part of water cooler conversations, people who haven't shoulder surfed important technical discovery.
I personally don't see a ton of value in rto for myself. I do a little right now & it's awful & pathetic cargo culting, a failed play acting at an earlier time. But I also don't see how we maintain a useful industry & raise up new people if the level of sharing & connecting stays as abysmally low as where we are at. We are headed for a crash.
- polotics 4y agoConnecting with video calls and shared collaboration workspaces has actually been more collaboration than the usual meeting room. Global company work has been going on with offshore teams online for decades already. So I strongly disagree with you
- rektide 4y agoI personally feel quite lucky & fortunate to have companies that have been quite social. Well over 50% of conversations only happen because of physical immediacy. One person grumbles or just looks stressed. Someone asks. A conversation starts. Two people start chatting about some implementation. Someone else overhears & suggests another idea. Going to lunch and people chat over plans or things they want. I strongly disagree with you. Meetings are a godforsaken hellish awful replacement for socialization.