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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8

    Premise: software engineers drastically underestimate how difficult it is to make remote work work well for a company. Writing code remotely is the easy part. The hard part is knowing what code to write.

    6:30 AM - 8 Aug 2018
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      2. EricaJoy‏Verified account @EricaJoy Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Why is it difficult?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @EricaJoy

        Because low bandwidth organization around new products is difficult. We see drastic changes in efficiency when we get in the same room. Is it always required to be in the same room? Probably not, but it's harder to not be.

        1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
      4. EricaJoy‏Verified account @EricaJoy Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        So if I can reframe/rephrase your original tweet: Software engineers drastically underestimate how much easier it is to achieve organization around new products when everyone is in the same room. Does that feel right?

        1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @EricaJoy

        Partially. Engineers think a company can just "go remote" and keep the same culture and productivity. If you want to maintain similar levels of productivity it takes a complete restructuring and rethinking of organizational behavior to make it work at all

        3 replies 3 retweets 28 likes
      6. Coba Weel‏ @weel Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred @EricaJoy

        The impression I get is that there are organizations that do remote very well because it's built into their culture and communication patterns, but organizations that weren't built that way initially can be hard to change.

        3 replies 0 retweets 24 likes
      7. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @weel @EricaJoy

        That, and even if you start out remote coordination around building products can be difficult

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Joel Grus‏ @joelgrus Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        for me a big part of the difference is that at work I have a standing desk and a huge monitor but at home I work on a laptop at the dining table 😕

        3 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. Matt Mireles‏ @mattmireles Aug 8
        Replying to @joelgrus @AustenAllred

        The company could just give u budget to buy a huge monitor & standing desk. ~$800, all in. Seems easy, worth it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @mattmireles @joelgrus

        Joel doesn't get paid enough to justify purchasing $800 in equipment

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Matt Mireles‏ @mattmireles Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred @joelgrus

        Are you kidding or is he not a working software engineer?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @mattmireles @joelgrus

        kidding

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. adam whitehouse‏ @awhitehouse104 Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Hear this a lot but no one ever seems to articulate why it is true. As someone who has worked both remote and in person, I haven’t found it to be an issue

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Aug 8
        Replying to @awhitehouse104

        Working through difficult problems and coordination around new ideas is much more difficult remotely because communication is lower bandwidth.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Ivan Vanderbyl‏ @ivanderbyl Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred @awhitehouse104

        I agree this is true, but not unsolvable. My company was started remote and remained that way right up to exit.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Blair Reeves‏ @BlairReeves Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Blair Reeves Retweeted Blair Reeves

        Product Manager here! I worked remotely for 5+ years and know many still doing so. A distributed working org does require changes, but allows for big strengths that co-location lacks, too.https://twitter.com/BlairReeves/status/1026859093447909376 …

        Blair Reeves added,

        Blair Reeves @BlairReeves
        One of my most counter-consensus views is that distributed working/teams is a fundamentally disruptive organizational technology that is going to break the co-located model in the long run. http://blairreeves.me/2017/10/30/the-distributed-company/ …
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        2 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
      3. Blair Reeves‏ @BlairReeves Aug 8
        Replying to @BlairReeves @AustenAllred

        Failures of “remote” arrangements are always chalked up to being “remote.” Failures of co-located model are not similarly attributed.

        1 reply 11 retweets 48 likes
      4. Ken Katschke‏ @kenkatschke Aug 8
        Replying to @BlairReeves @AustenAllred

        @BlairReeves - would love to hear some examples

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Blair Reeves‏ @BlairReeves Aug 8
        Replying to @kenkatschke @AustenAllred

        In particular, things like: “Gee, our velocity sucks and we’re not innovative! We must have too many people working from home!” Co-located firm: “Our velocity sucks and we’re not innovative! We must not have the right people/leadership."

        2 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
      6. Blair Reeves‏ @BlairReeves Aug 8
        Replying to @BlairReeves @kenkatschke @AustenAllred

        Did Yahoo or IBM suddenly become more innovative, fast-executing companies when they slashed distributed teams? 😂

        0 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Andreas Klinger  ✌️‏Verified account @andreasklinger Aug 8
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Several years remote http://work.here : - innovation is easier in person - iteration easier remote Imo the trick is the right mix

        2 replies 3 retweets 60 likes
      3. Christopher Nheu‏ @chrisnheu Aug 8
        Replying to @andreasklinger @AustenAllred

        Woah. This could be true!! Could you clarify why you say iteration is easier remote? Does it mean the same as “maintenance”?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Andreas Klinger  ✌️‏Verified account @andreasklinger Aug 8
        Replying to @chrisnheu @AustenAllred

        No it means. We agreed on doing something and we need to crunch/churn it out Reason: you can optimize your day/workflows for your own performance

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      5. End of conversation

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