On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > You know what I don't understand about this job? Why does the developer need > to be onsite? With all the technology at our fingertips ... I will never > understand why someone has to have a developer on site.
I tend to look at this on a case by case basis. Some gigs really require a tight knit team that communicates uber-frequently, and in a more personally direct way than technology can allow. Other projects can easily be done remotely. It's never an all or nothing thing. Every job is not a good fit for telecommuting and I'd say every person is not right for telecommuting either. Seeing a contractor sitting in a cube struggling with a problem, walking by and saying "you're missing that semicolin" might save the person an hour of time. That same person might never reach out for help when working alone at home. That same person might then help the guy next to him figure out a strange CSS problem. Multiply that by a team of 10 with 20 such interactions a day each and onsite teams become pretty attractive. Yes the same thing can happen online via IM, email, or even Skype though slower, and with less frequency. I think telecommuting works best for lone rock stars with exceptional capacity to debug, learn, and stay focused. The more you add to the team (and the more varied their skillsets are) the more it makes sense to have people onsite. I guess you could say that it's a csae of "the whole is greater then the sum of it's parts". Telecommuting is the sum of it's parts, onsite is the whole (sorta). -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326713 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
