On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jerry Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > As always, there are tradeoffs. It can be nice to wander over to a co- > worker and bounce ideas off him or her. And working at home (as John > mentioned) can be far from distraction-free.
Offices are gumption traps, too! What are you doing to do when you win MegaBucks? Have you got your NCAA brackets in? We're passing the hat to send Sally flowers. Phones ring, intercoms blare. I agree a certain amount of facetime is needed; it's important to get to know each other, to socialize a bit, and to learn to work together. I find I work better with clients I've met in person. But I am orders of magnitude more productive at my home office than on-site: I have a dozen machines, the ability to set up pretty much any network resources needed, access to hundreds of books, etc. An associate recently completed a job nearly all remote. They used webcams for regular face-to-face talks and they used screen-sharing software to actually do pair programming! With the proper setup, you've got speedy access to network resources, shared source-code control systems, test and staging systems. And the ability to lock yourself in the room in utter silence (or Vivaldi, or MegaDeath, as you prefer)? Priceless. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4s=rxB=jfpsqpjv_itehsygexdcw_t6aaj4y+x1tx4...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
