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Our Ruby guild is ~6 ppl and counting. We are all remote, and not a single one is in the same geo. We throw "BTW this or that..." several times a day, it's obv
by lloeki 3y ago
Our Ruby guild is ~6 ppl and counting. We are all remote, and not a single one is in the same geo.
We throw "BTW this or that..." several times a day, it's obvious that we can, sometimes via DM, sometimes on specific or generic channels, depending on who we think might be interested in it. Knowledge propagates, discussions ensue, sometimes the original topic devolves into something else and ideas are born.
That's on top of a ~1h tech sync meeting every other week, where anything goes, questions get asked, ideas get challenged, notes get taken.
It works. In my experience it works better than watercooler because it's non-interruptive, scales across TZ, and everyone gets a chance to jump in or catch up later.
- nox101 3y agoThat doesn't work for me. I want a conversation, not an announcement. My experience in chat is I post something "BTW ... " and it's crickets. Quite often no response. I feel unappreciated and like I wasted everyone's time. (maybe I did? but my experience at all previous work-from-office companies was I was well liked) Even if there is a response it may be hours later which is not what I'm looking for. It's the conversation that sparks ideas and understanding for me. My experience in the sync up meeting is it's too formal. When I meet in real life people have conversations, 2-3 people per. In the sync meetup, 12 people wait for one person. So at least for me, it doesn't work.