Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by nogabebop23 2215 days ago
How can this be? The bandwidth and sheer volume of face-to-face time co-located people share just dwarfs the potential of remote. Are you saying that you still do fine remotely or that remote works better than colocated?

I'd also bet your MD does most of her doctoring that depends on deep trust and emotional connection in-person; remote just fails at this in comparison
3 comments
learc83 2215 days ago
>I'd also bet your MD does most of her doctoring that depends on deep trust and emotional connection in-person; remote just fails at this in comparison

She does, but it probably has less to do with needing an emotional connection than b/c she needs to physically do procedures.

>Are you saying that you still do fine remotely or that remote works better than colocated?

I'm have closer friends at my current workplace than I did at my last physical workplace. However, there are too many variables for me to say whether remote is actually better in that regard.

I doubt it is, but my anecdote was a counterpoint to the argument that humans require physical contact to maintain relationships. Not an argument that physical contact can in some cases be beneficial.

link
monadic2 2215 days ago
> The bandwidth and sheer volume of face-to-face time co-located people share just dwarfs the potential of remote.

How do you figure?

Anyway you’re pumping out HTML, not making works of art. Most days don’t require an emotional connection to get anything done, and it just takes a little more effort on both to talk on video and get that connection. Anyway, it’s much easier and healthier to view coworkers like future friends than current friends, especially your manager.

You better double my pay to waste my time in person.

link
thaumasiotes 2215 days ago
> Anyway you’re pumping out HTML, not making works of art.

I'm pretty sure most artists do their work remotely, not in the office of whoever's buying the artwork.

link
AsyncAwait 2215 days ago
I personally appreciate the people I work with remotely now more than when I was in the office as I don't need to engage in needless chit chat and so every meeting is much more productive.
link