I agree with your points, and I also can't imagine ever having a tech job where I'd be forced to commute every day. Home office became an essential part of my work life.
However, being with my colleagues in person is so much better than being remote. On personal level, as it's much easier to spontaneously talk to them and have fun together. This directly translates to professional relationships, as it's much easier to meet new people and discuss important things ad hoc, without having to schedule a meeting in few days earliest or thinking that I am disturbing someone.
So I see it as a trade off, where I gain but also lose something. I am sure full remote is great when you have a family, but I personally wouldn't mind going to the office maybe once a week, given my colleagues would do the same.
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Hi Daniel, thanks for commenting your views, even loving full remote, I would accept to be in person once in a month, just to see my colleagues, but that would be only in the cases that your office and company are close to you.
For my actual scenario, working for a company in another country and also thinking about working globally for any company around the world, what would be great is to have at least an in person meeting once in a year, so people can program to travel to the company's country and meet each other, have a happy hour and stuff like that.
One of the things I set up was an open room. I had a Zoom room with a static link that we kept open all the time. Sometimes folks were in it, sometimes they were not. It was by no means a requirement for anyone to be in the room, but it was very helpful for folks to have a place to go to have as basically an online watercolor. Frequently on Friday nights, we would keep the room open and have a "cocktail hour" (well, several hours). Folks would be coming in and out all night, talking about anything and everything. It REALLY cemented our relationships and even though I left almost a year ago, I'm still close with the folks I worked with there.
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Hi @kmsimpson , I have been in a team that they also used this same strategy to be more closer to each other, specially when pair programming, that sometimes is helpful but I find better to have scheduled calls or just reach out on text and open a call if needed with anyone in the team, specially when your schedule is usually busy.
I think you may be misunderstanding what I was discussing. Think of it like a virtual version of leaning over to the programmer in the next cubicle and saying, "Hey Fred, did you work on that Jira ticket? I have a question." Like I said, it was not required for anyone to be there, but there were several folks that simply liked being in there to be able to work together, ask questions, joke around, etc.
If someone's schedule was busy, they did not have to be in the room. Keep in mind, we also had Slack and email to use as well, but the room saw a LOT of action as it was very helpful. Also, keep in mind, getting answers this way was MUCH faster than email and we could always open a private room if needed.
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I agree with your points, and I also can't imagine ever having a tech job where I'd be forced to commute every day. Home office became an essential part of my work life.
However, being with my colleagues in person is so much better than being remote. On personal level, as it's much easier to spontaneously talk to them and have fun together. This directly translates to professional relationships, as it's much easier to meet new people and discuss important things ad hoc, without having to schedule a meeting in few days earliest or thinking that I am disturbing someone.
So I see it as a trade off, where I gain but also lose something. I am sure full remote is great when you have a family, but I personally wouldn't mind going to the office maybe once a week, given my colleagues would do the same.
Hi Daniel, thanks for commenting your views, even loving full remote, I would accept to be in person once in a month, just to see my colleagues, but that would be only in the cases that your office and company are close to you.
For my actual scenario, working for a company in another country and also thinking about working globally for any company around the world, what would be great is to have at least an in person meeting once in a year, so people can program to travel to the company's country and meet each other, have a happy hour and stuff like that.
One of the things I set up was an open room. I had a Zoom room with a static link that we kept open all the time. Sometimes folks were in it, sometimes they were not. It was by no means a requirement for anyone to be in the room, but it was very helpful for folks to have a place to go to have as basically an online watercolor. Frequently on Friday nights, we would keep the room open and have a "cocktail hour" (well, several hours). Folks would be coming in and out all night, talking about anything and everything. It REALLY cemented our relationships and even though I left almost a year ago, I'm still close with the folks I worked with there.
Hi @kmsimpson , I have been in a team that they also used this same strategy to be more closer to each other, specially when pair programming, that sometimes is helpful but I find better to have scheduled calls or just reach out on text and open a call if needed with anyone in the team, specially when your schedule is usually busy.
I think you may be misunderstanding what I was discussing. Think of it like a virtual version of leaning over to the programmer in the next cubicle and saying, "Hey Fred, did you work on that Jira ticket? I have a question." Like I said, it was not required for anyone to be there, but there were several folks that simply liked being in there to be able to work together, ask questions, joke around, etc.
If someone's schedule was busy, they did not have to be in the room. Keep in mind, we also had Slack and email to use as well, but the room saw a LOT of action as it was very helpful. Also, keep in mind, getting answers this way was MUCH faster than email and we could always open a private room if needed.