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Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by pldr1234 »

waheoo wrote: post #90
rootusrootus wrote: post #88

I expect there to be a momentary burst in attempts to go remote-first, or at least hybrid. Senior executives will want to level the playing field between expensive areas and cheaper ones, and use that to drive down salaries overall. But then, there are plenty of managers who really see a lot of value in spontaneous face-to-face interactions, or even planned ones, because so much communication happens just in body lan…

Im still waiting for the rebound back to a cubicle. Fuck open plan. I really wish people would get it through their damned thick skulls that their heads are not the same as my head. And my head is not the same as her head. And her head is not the same as their head. We all need our own accomidations. Some people like open plan, some people hate it. Some people thrive in an office environment, some people thrive at ho…

You're holding contradictory positions. Everybody has a valid preference, but you can't wait for companies to implement yours (cubicle)?

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by pldr1234 »

rootusrootus wrote: post #88

I expect there to be a momentary burst in attempts to go remote-first, or at least hybrid. Senior executives will want to level the playing field between expensive areas and cheaper ones, and use that to drive down salaries overall. But then, there are plenty of managers who really see a lot of value in spontaneous face-to-face interactions, or even planned ones, because so much communication happens just in body lan…

You expect humans to be human and for there to be cycles of preferences. Incredible insight.

Truly, how does such inane commentary end up on HN?

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by ponker »

facethrowaway wrote: post #22

Reminder to those who aren’t aware: Quora is a rich man’s hobby business. You aren’t going to get practical knowledge from their decisions.

There are two criticisms here: one is that Quora is a bad business, and only operates because its CEO funds it, and second is that it is a bad source of information. The first is definitely an unanswered question at this point: revenue is low but the site has a vast amount of evergreen content which ranks highly on Google -- they have a ton of traffic but it's not clear to what extent they can monetize it.

The second is a matter of opinion, and whether you're looking at the average content or the best content. There is great content on Quora but the average question/answer is of course absolute dogshit.

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by zelphirkalt »

timsally wrote: post #39
threeseed wrote: post #13

There's an insightful series of comments from Sid, CEO of Gitlab about why this is not likely to work over the long term: https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1264341436138270720 It might be different for Quora given that their CEO and SLT will be remote. But I still believe that whenever you have an office you are creating a community of employees who will have a different relationship to those who are working remotely…

> But I still believe that whenever you have an office you are creating a community of employees who will have a different relationship to those who are working remotely. Fully concur. Senior leadership needs to lead by example, whether it be remote work, taking paternity leave, or using a healthy amount of vacation. As some have pointed out, remote work as some companies has the potential to become the new "Unlimite…

I don't know, I don't really personally need "leading by example". That would mean a leading position getting into the details of the code and that's not going to happen. I need clearly defined goals though and freedom to choose technology to achieve them. That is possible remotely the same as in an office, only that in an office costs me time unnecessarily, which is frustrating.

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by ivan_gammel »

tinyhouse wrote: post #95

I predict many companies will have to follow the trend. Remote companies have a significant hiring advantage. As long as the number of remote options was small, competing on talent with remote companies wasn't an issue. But things are clearly changing and non-remote companies will soon feel the pressure and unless they can pay significantly above market (like FAANG companies) they will have no choice but to allow ful…

At DrSmile we are switching to hybrid model now with German employees still being able to visit the office, but shifting hiring focus to remote work on engineering positions and designing special benefit and retention package for them. It worked so well during corona, that it doesn’t make sense to pay office expenses for the growing team.

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by [deleted] »

preommr wrote: post #107
allzeros wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really, truly wish HN would moderate and remove comments about a link's medium. Every single post here has at least one person complaining about the layout of the source. Every time. It's exhausting. I hate it. It contributes absolutely nothing, and I don't know if anyone's noticed, but people keep using Twitter! Gasp! If you hate Twitter so much, reach out to the tweet author and ask them to publish elsewhere. If…

Then let me add that this is a particularly bad case. I know there's a user called foone that has gotten posted to HN enough times that they explained why they use twitter to make posts instead of writing a blog (they have adhd, and they find it easier to write on twitter). Which is reasonable since there's an empathical justification. And I've read other twitter threads in the past, which were fine. Usually, people…

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Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by halotrope »

The following is slightly off topic and very subjective. I remember Quora when it first launched. So many interesting answers from people that „have been there, done that“. Like first hand experience from working on IE5 in the browser wars or working at Nasa.

Quality was very high in general. Today it has become a shadow of itself with generic questions and answer that are just marketing plugs.

It makes me a bit sad because it was unique and there still is nothing like it in my opinion.

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by isoskeles »

Waterluvian wrote: post #104
allzeros wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really, truly wish HN would moderate and remove comments about a link's medium. Every single post here has at least one person complaining about the layout of the source. Every time. It's exhausting. I hate it. It contributes absolutely nothing, and I don't know if anyone's noticed, but people keep using Twitter! Gasp! If you hate Twitter so much, reach out to the tweet author and ask them to publish elsewhere. If…

How on earth can this individual’s speech vex you to such an extent that you need it silenced?

Devil's advocating here, because I agree more with your sentiment:

That comment has sparked a larger subthread specifically about Twitter as a medium, rather than the content of the post. This specific subthread is so popular, it's near the top of the page every time I refresh this post. So we could say it stifles discussion, also because people are prone to voting up a comment like that despite the fact that it's not really relevant to the post.

Re: Quora goes permanently remote-first

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Post by lultimouomo »

isoskeles wrote: post #119
Waterluvian wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How on earth can this individual’s speech vex you to such an extent that you need it silenced?

Devil's advocating here, because I agree more with your sentiment: That comment has sparked a larger subthread specifically about Twitter as a medium, rather than the content of the post. This specific subthread is so popular, it's near the top of the page every time I refresh this post. So we could say it stifles discussion, also because people are prone to voting up a comment like that despite the fact that it's no…

And that's why the [-] button is so awesome.
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