Two interviews in this episode. I talk to Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot of Hashrocket about why Hashrocket chooses to avoid remote work. And then, I talk to Brian Moore of Rhomobile about their globally dispersed team.
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Show Notes:
02:14 – Introduce Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot: developers at Hashrocket
- Limited experience with remote work
- At Hashrocket, policy is to be co-located on one site and paired all the time
04:06 – Stressing co-located work
- Everyone together
- Culture and doing things outside of work
05:40 – Advice to future groups considering remote work
- Don’t skimp on equipment
- Overcommunicate
07:14 – Distributed teams need to be improved
08:42 – Introduce Brian Moore of Rhomobile
- Mobile framework company in Campbell, CA
09:16 – History with distributed work
- International
- Daily standup meetings for communication
- Skype, messaging, email contact
- Coordinating timezones
11:05 – Challenges of working remotely
- Communications barrier (language)
11:45 – Benefits of having a distributed team
- Experience of different people in different cultures
12:35 – Tools
- Skype
- Pivotal Tracker
- Need something that provides voice, email communication all-in-one
13:05 – Advice for future remote workers
- Maintaining communication is key
13:35 – Wrap up
14:17 – End
About the Author: Avdi Grimm
Husband, father, software cultivator, and amateur community builder, Avdi has been leading and participating in dispersed software development teams since 2007. He works from home in Southern Pennsylvania, and loves the fact that working remotely enables him to spend more time with his wife and four children. Click on a tab to select how you'd like to leave your comment
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