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>Remote work gets a lukewarm reception on HN I see people praising remote work on HN all the time. I also see people mention downsides, but I wouldn't have des

• lordbusiness 12y ago
  I certainly understand the previous statement regarding lukewarm reception. It's quite the crazy paradox because in my mind's eye, if any group has the perfect combination of ability, globalized community, and gen-y go-getter attitude, it's Hacker News. Yet to my constant surprise people here tend to lean towards meatspace for some intangible but enthusiastically cited reason about productivity, and worse still, plenty of those people even praise cube farms. It's most odd to me. Please be gentle with the down votes; I'm just expressing an observation.
  • ianlevesque 12y ago
    Yes this has been my observation as well.
  • mooreds 12y ago
    I've been part of both 'meatspace' and virtual teams. I think that remote work has huge advantages, but some disadvantages. The main disadvantage I see is that there's a barrier to communication. Of course, in the same room you have barriers to communication, but we're all attuned to how to overcome them. You can work to overcome the remote communication barriers with skype, conference calls, on sites, slack/im, etc, but those are all learned behaviors that take some time to spin up on. I think on HN there might also just be a SV/SF bias.