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Podcast #40: Mike Leone of Panoptic Development

Posted on July 11, 2012July 18, 2012

In this episode, Mike Leone of Panoptic Development, talks about transitioning into remote work, working with people who are not local, and integrating someone new into a dispersed team.

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Show Notes:

Panoptic Development
Twitter: @panopticdev

01:28 – Mike’s background and history

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  • One of the founders of Panoptic Development
  • Does software engineering with open source development
  • Mobile application development
  • Systems integration work
  • 4 full-time partners: 2 in Providence, RI, 2 in San Francisco and a network of 5 consultants throughout the country

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02:38 – How the company came to be

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  • 3 partners worked at a startup in Providence and branched off

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03:59 – Changes made when going remote

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  • Get better at the things they were already doing
  • Think about business development
  • Tool selection

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05:14 – Working with people who were not local

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  • Networking

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05:56 – Integrating someone new into a distributed team

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  • Transition from small tasks to larger ones
  • People who express more interest in becoming more active within the company

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07:10 – A day in the life working together remotely

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  • IRC meeting
  • Client work/business development

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13:35 – Challenges of going remote

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  • Picking better projects to people to integrate them into working remotely
  • Being consistent

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14:57 – Physically getting together as a team

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  • At least once a year the partners get together

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16:55 – Advice for remote workers

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  • Having good tools makes a difference
  • Be flexible in your process: everyone works differently

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