We're all hoping our society can weather the storm. And as software developers we're most certainly not the ones most at risk of personal disruption.
Anyway, how do you see our global society changing forever in the fallout of this event?
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People will embrace remote work, and they'll realize how productive it is.
I'm afraid there will be large numbers of deaths (like World War) 😬
I've mentioned some numbers here:
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Yaser Al-Najjar ・ Mar 13 ・ 2 min read
Alternatively: the stress of taking care of family arrangements, housekeepers and nannies being unavailable, etc. other unique problems due to the virus will put a lot of people off of remote work.
Yes, I have to admit, while I think remote work is a superpower, I really think it's not for everyone.
If it creates extra work, as you said, it can be better to simply leave the house and work in an office.
I'm worried that this could be used as yet another excuse to arbitrarily close borders and limit people's freedoms. This is a delicate situation, so we'll have to wait and see.
On the positive side, I'm happy that many business are starting to appreciate the benefits of remote work and having people with the skillet to do so effectively.
Twitter is saying "watch and see how bosses will see how working remotely doesn't hinder productivity and actually saves money"
It was not about the money. They keep you working in the building because it's where they can keep an eye on you.
So the real concern for me is that this forced remote working is going to create a lot of tension between teams and management as there is not enough time to slowly phase it in. Its implementing a massive change to the company dynamic without any proper risk assessment.
I can definitely say that our approach of slow and steady was really great.
It took time and iterations.
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Jess Lee (she/her) ・ Oct 10 '19 ・ 4 min read
This.
I saw so many companies in my time that were like "We don't do time tracking here, come to work when you like!" and then became huge privacy liabilities when things didn't work out.
New investor, replaced management, MBA starts to turn everything on its head, people leaving the company. Some soulless work creation scheme in form of a company left.
I think our increased physical separation will make realtime technologies more urgently needed. How much of dev.to is live updating, Ben? dev.to/deanius/stop-wasting-time-i...
I just saw your podcast features - seems like a step in the right direction!
People will start to acknowledge sanitary, and why it is so important
And working from home :)
I don't think so, maybe some countries like Italy or even China will reform their public health structures, but according to some biologists, the Coronavirus will probably have a vaccine treatment in a few months, and with this, global society will returning into an normal state after that. But this is only my opinion
even if they find a vaccine today, will take around 12 to 18 months to go out and be commercialised
This can be true, but apparently, the progress to create a vaccine this time is impressive comparing to other diseases in the past, so, I believe that we will not be so affected by this virus, in a social way I mean
Nothing much will change. Humans forget as time goes on. How many of us remember Spanish flu? How many can tell what was Spanish flu without doing Google?
Spanish flu is history ( it happened more than 100 years ago) but I think there will be more laws and preparations regarding outbreaks for the future as it caught everyone ,especially in Europe unexpectedly.
Hopefully they'll pump more money into healthcare from now on...
Some places will. Some.
In the developing world, leaders
willmay be forced to invest in better local healthcare. It will finally dawn on them that you can't always fly our to Europe or India for treatment even if you have money to facilitate such trips and treatment.Although COVID-19 is bad, I don't personally think it's humanity ending level pandemic. So my hope is it wakes everybody up to just how bad things could be if this virus was a whole lot worse.