Can people list what they use for screen sharing when doing remote work? This is my first job where I am having to work with people remotely and I am noticing that iteration times are much higher because its inefficient to describe concepts remotely. Online whiteboards would be appreciated too.
End the Office? Students Want Right to Work From Home
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#12The problem is these people are only thinking about themselves, and not considering the affects of their actions on coworkers. They need to understand how to be a member of the team first, and after that they'll understand how much flexibility in terms of devices, working hours, and location is appropriate.
My office lets people have too much flexibility when choosing their work hours and location. --It's not that people don't work hard, but when you have inexperienced people coming in at noon, that ends up being several hours of time that they're working in the evening without being able to get help from more experienced people. If I had a dollar for every time I found out a coworker struggled for hours on an issue only to have me or another more experienced person provide an answer in 5 minutes, well, I'd have a much healthier retirement account.
Working remotely is also difficult as it can be much harder to properly explain things when you're not able to sit next to each other, point things out, and even grab a piece of paper to sketch stuff out in order to clarify things.
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#13I'm less interested in what college students think about office work than I would be to see what changes they may have (or not) after 3 years of experience. I'm not disputing the results... I've just noticed that a few years of experience tends to temper attitude a bit, once people learn the reasons behind various policies.
It's also a few years of having real responsibilities and bills to pay.
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#14Why are we linked to some blog instead of the original source, especially when it's just copied verbatim and with an annoyingly low-res graphic. Original source with high-res info-graphic: http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/
Looks like the OP is just trying to plug his "blog." Very lame.
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#15I'm less interested in what college students think about office work than I would be to see what changes they may have (or not) after 3 years of experience. I'm not disputing the results... I've just noticed that a few years of experience tends to temper attitude a bit, once people learn the reasons behind various policies.
The market for top talent remains competitive - particularly for top engineering and consulting roles. Companies that pay attention to shifts in workforce values and evolve accordingly will always have a competitive advantage.
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#16Can people list what they use for screen sharing when doing remote work? This is my first job where I am having to work with people remotely and I am noticing that iteration times are much higher because its inefficient to describe concepts remotely. Online whiteboards would be appreciated too.
I've used Skype and found it more-or-less acceptable.
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#17Can people list what they use for screen sharing when doing remote work? This is my first job where I am having to work with people remotely and I am noticing that iteration times are much higher because its inefficient to describe concepts remotely. Online whiteboards would be appreciated too.
What kind of things are you doing that you need to share a screen? If it's mostly document based can using Google Docs be used? Skype also has some screen sharing abilities I think.
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#18I work in a huge multi-national corporation. Some of the people I interact with are co-located with me, however, most are not. I've even worked with people who are 100% remote. What does it matter to them where I'm sitting? Now, I agree there is something to be said about team building & sheer convenience, depending on the nature of your work, but as long as you are getting the job done, who cares if you are sitting…
The occasional work-from-home won't hurt most offices, and is really great for the occasional appointment and the like. But there's a lot to be said for having everybody in the same room as the norm.
I've worked with 100% remote people, and have seen the difference.
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#19Why are we linked to some blog instead of the original source, especially when it's just copied verbatim and with an annoyingly low-res graphic. Original source with high-res info-graphic: http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/
Looks like the OP is just trying to plug his "blog." Very lame. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rajeshvaya
Wow, those posts are just scraping content from other sites.
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#20Working from home isn't a right. I've done both (worked from home and an office) and it takes a certain kind of person to actually be able to get work done at home. The same sort of discipline that you need to run your own company. Most people just don't have this discipline.
There are ways around this. You can do pair programming with screen sharing and VOIP, for example. As a company/manager/lead you might have to enforce good practice, but that's also true in the office. (The less your team needs to worry about this stuff, the more likely they are to be successful no matter where you put them.)
I did pair programming with screen sharing and VOIP at my last job: we had one guy who was remote (he moved to the east coast because his wife got a snazzy job in animation, and we didn't feel like letting him go). We tried all the tricks. It works, but it's not like the real thing, and it's a lot more obnoxious and stressful for both parties, even when there aren't technical difficulties. I'd say: don't do it regularly unless you have to.