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
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- Limited experience with remote work
- At Hashrocket, policy is to be co-located on one site and paired all the time
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04:06 – Stressing co-located work
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- Everyone together
- Culture and doing things outside of work
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05:40 – Advice to future groups considering remote work
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- Don’t skimp on equipment
- Overcommunicate
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07:14 – Distributed teams need to be improved
08:42 – Introduce Brian Moore of Rhomobile
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- Mobile framework company in Campbell, CA
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09:16 – History with distributed work
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- International
- Daily standup meetings for communication
- Skype, messaging, email contact
- Coordinating timezones
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11:05 – Challenges of working remotely
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- Communications barrier (language)
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11:45 – Benefits of having a distributed team
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- Experience of different people in different cultures
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12:35 – Tools
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- Skype
- Pivotal Tracker
- Need something that provides voice, email communication all-in-one
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13:05 – Advice for future remote workers
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- Maintaining communication is key
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