Comments on: Notes on IT Labor http://drunkandretired.com/2006/02/03/notes-on-it-labor/ Est. 2000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cote' http://drunkandretired.com/2006/02/03/notes-on-it-labor/#comment-2304 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:30:35 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/?p=2603#comment-2304 I’d like to hear more about your companies transition from being co-located to off-site. Feel free to drop me an email (cote@redmonk.com), or just leave a reply or trackback here ;)

]]> By: Chui http://drunkandretired.com/2006/02/03/notes-on-it-labor/#comment-2303 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:33:51 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/?p=2603#comment-2303 Interesting. There are 9 developers in our company, and two are remote. One works from home in the same city, while I live about 90 miles from the office.

We were originally all on-site, and I find the work culture did not adapt when I moved off site. For instance, not everyone was in the habit of signing on to MSN Messenger.

Compare this to open source development where everyone started off being remote, the tools, culture and expectations are in place to support distributed teams.

The moral of the story is: there is some effort and cultural change involved to set up distributed teams. The worst approach is to try to do the initial investment in a piecemeal fashion.

]]> By: Cote' http://drunkandretired.com/2006/02/03/notes-on-it-labor/#comment-2301 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:56:14 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/?p=2603#comment-2301 Good point ;)

I should also note that the original post was an outline that I accidently posted in the airport lounge. Hence, it’s roughness.

]]> By: Doug http://drunkandretired.com/2006/02/03/notes-on-it-labor/#comment-2302 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:59:51 +0000 http://www.drunkandretired.com/?p=2603#comment-2302 Gee, someone a bit more cynical – say, me – might think that Microsoft needs to hire globally because those in North America who’re smart enough don’t want to work for Microsoft.

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