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Small colocated groups invested in the future of the company are always going to outproduce (comparing hours to hours) disparate resources pulled together on th
by altcognito 14y ago
Small colocated groups invested in the future of the company are always going to outproduce (comparing hours to hours) disparate resources pulled together on the fly.
The best exception to the colocation rule is the open source model, but OS can "get away with it" because the contributers are very, very invested in the outcome.
- graeme 14y agoThis is a straw man. Why would you compare one team invested in a company, to another, remote team 'pulled together on the fly' I say this as part of a three man team, all remote from each other, and all invested in the company.
- altcognito 14y agoBecause I've worked at no less than three companies that have done exactly that, and the entire basis of the article talks about the monetary value of how you can move hours around, completely eliminating the human nature of work and craftsmanship. People who work on projects that they aren't going to be associated with in the future usually care less about quality. Working colocated is only one facet of the equation. I would think ownership is a well understood concept in the startup industry. Being invested means more than being colocated or even having a financial stake. (open source development -- again, some small number of passionate developers generally in it for the long haul)
- marknutter 14y agoThis is absurd and false. Co-located teams waste time commuting, socializing, and are far more likely to get sucked into un-productive meetings. I've worked on plenty of telecommuting teams that were as or more productive than teams that were co-located.