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
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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
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Be flexible in your process: everyone works differently
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