Earlier quoted context omitted.
The singular of “anecdote” is, in fact, “anecdote”.
This is anecdotal data, and while it is not common anymore, the singular of data is datum, thus anecdatum.
It is not data. It is an anecdote.
The Winners of Remote Work
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not impossible I guess, you will need to find people who know U.S law well. If you're talking about accountancy that's pretty complex stuff. You can outsource the grunt work easily (going over Excel sheets, that has been ousourced for decades already) but the substantial work no, I don't think it's that easy.
I don't think it's easy either. There are smart people everywhere in the world. If these people could be easily paid and could get their results validated by a local expert, there would be a lot of financial incentive for these smart people to learn the US law, for example, and create case files for the local experts to evaluate and sign on. Would it cut the need for the local experts? No. Would it reduce their numbe…
I think the big disruption will be automation especially for accountancy, so much of it is grunt work.
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#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is anecdotal data, and while it is not common anymore, the singular of data is datum, thus anecdatum.
It is not data. It is an anecdote.
Yeah that's a valid take, but I was just explaining how your correction was misunderstanding the word.
A search HN comments for "anecdata" [1] yields over 4000 instances
[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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#244This article really isn't about remote work writ large, it's about websites/organizations that provide platforms for individuals to sell services to consumers. The fact that you can make popular workout videos from your home is orthogonal to the behavior of consumers on the Peloton platform. It's an interesting and important observation that good communicators win disproportionately as telecommunications get better -…
The article specifically mentions programmers as well...
Lower floor because a global workforce increases supply of programmers available to the western market.
Higher ceiling because every company is now competing for the top people, who are in limited supply and know how to get top compensation.
So yes, I do think this applies to remote work in general.
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#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would estimate that well over half of Silicon Valley engineers are foreign born. If you add the non local US engineers, you are probably at over 90%. Those equally or more qualified overseas people working for little were in short supply. Why would they work for you for pennies when they could move to Silicon Valley, make tons more, and have potential for much, much more? With remote work, what makes you think that…
> Why would they work for you for pennies when they could move to Silicon Valley, make tons more, and have potential for much, much more? Who says all talented engineers overseas can come to the US? There is a huge amount of QA companies in Ukraine that contract their service to the west, for example, can they come to the US? I doubt it. Overseas workers don't get the chance to make demands, US companies have leverag…
Also, there/are were other tech centers that proved just as if not more attractive than Silicon Valley.
Over 10 years ago, I had a coworker who remarked that all her classmates who stayed in China had become rich. She said that it was because it was an open field.
All you had to do was take a proven American concept and apply it to China. Since there was no existing infrastructure or competition, you had the whole market to yourself.
This wasn't just applicable to tech. People were doing things like opening coffee shops (queue the Luckin Coffee fraud 10 years later).
Also, look at Spotify, JetBrains, WhatsApp, and Shopify.
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#246I am desperate to get back to collaborating in person, with my team, in the office.
I'm with you, but fear that also means we're now dinosaurs.
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
The singular of “anecdote” is, in fact, “anecdote”.
I intended to use a singular form of “anecdata,” not of “anecdote.” See, for example, [1] and [2]. [1] https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/anecdat... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
Anecdote is the word to use here. It's a lovely word. By contrast, anecdata isn't a word at all, and has nothing to do with 'data' anyway. I have a similar pet-peeve with 'guesstimate'. It's just an estimate. It would scratch a big itch of mine if everyone just used plain words.
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Only if you consider Remote Global Work. As a European, it is very disheartening to see how many companies espouse "we are now embracing remote work company-wide", which on closer inspection means "California hours +-2h time difference".
It's unfortunate for North Americans who want to work elsewhere too. A globalized workforce is good for peace, prosperity, and human rights. Another comment pointed out that shared time zone "remote working mercilessly exposes some of the flaws in the organization." ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28369657 ) I'll add that global/fully async remote work is even more merciless, especially on Agile figuring-it-ou…
I recognize past experiences in what you describe - but here's the punchline:
Working for a completely on-site company located in two buildings within 10 minutes' walking distance, it was still sometimes impossible to get hold of some people, or understand their attempts to communicate without going back-and-forth 3-4 times.
I think the company I'm thinking of is simply also a "winner of remote work" because it already managed to survive despite massive mismanagement and miscommunication before remote work.
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#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm, that's a shame. That seems to me to be just accidental, not essential complexity, too.
Well, a lot of it is a patchwork of government rules and regulations. Here's a long post about it from Mitchell at HashiCorp: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022563
Right, that's exactly what I find baffling.
Right now, if N companies want to hire in M countries, the total expenditure in HR departments is in the order of O(N*M), when it could (theoretically, ideally) be O(N + M).
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#250Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not convinced a lot of these trends stick post-COVID. A lot of people like the in-person part of the spin class and probably would prefer it to the highly-paid video pro. That said, behaviors will have changed for a lot of things over the course of a couple of years. People have developed new habits. Not all of that--including going into an office five days a week in many cases--are going to just reset.
The same principles that apply to remote work apply here. Why would I want to drive 10-15 minutes, park, change and all that for a 30 or 60 minute spin class when I can take that same class in my garage or living room.
I don't know about you but many of us were remote for many many years before Covid.
I don't see this mentioned enough but the fact remains: when you work from home you also live at work. It's a two-edged sword. Its hard to unplug when you sleep next to your desk.
Sometimes I go to the store, just to leave work/home. A gym sounds nice too, just to go somewhere else.