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> Somehow we were better at using remote tools while literally in the same office than some teams are at using them now while fully remote. This is sort of the
by seneca 10mo ago
> Somehow we were better at using remote tools while literally in the same office than some teams are at using them now while fully remote.
This is sort of the point. Remote tools work great when you have spent a lot of time building relationships and rapport with the people involved. That's hard to do in professional settings, and extremely hard to do in remote professional settings.
Letting teams that know each other well work remotely works great. Building teams remotely is very hard.
I'm a diehard for remote work, but we have to be realistic abouts limitations.
- LtWorf 10mo agoDebian works like that but the startups can't manage… interesting.
- stackskipton 10mo agoOpen-Source Project that doesn't have Project Managers and MBA telling you to work faster is a lot different then working at Startup that does.
- _ea1k 10mo agoIDK, some of the remote teams that I've worked on were only able to meet in person once per year, if that. They were very communicative on the tools that we had though.
- HDThoreaun 10mo agoNo one is saying it’s impossible to build fully remote teams from scratch, it’s just very hard and requires strong leadership. Most companies have crappy management so they can’t pull it off.
- kelipso 10mo agoI don’t even think it’s about leadership. Isn’t it weird for somehow to care about people who they only know through the phone or zoom calls? Some people won’t find that weird but I think a significant number of people would, or just can’t do that at all.