In this blog post I'll describe why remote work != remote work, what's wrong about satellites and isles, why differences in communication bandwidth are worse than overall low bandwidth and what does it have in common with osmosis & water cooler.No, I'm not going to describe pros & cons of a remote work in depth. This is well covered in many sources & in a way I couldn't have matched in a blog post (or even series). My intention is to address a very simple & well isolated issue: plenty of people, encouraged by some commonly known successful examples of…
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This is a very tricky topic. And you can beat the statement from the first sentence of post’s title easily by bringing up the well-renown examples of successful remote teams that have managed to create something really memorable (like GitHub, StackExchange, Mozilla or Basho - you know, the Riak guys) and … you will be absolutely right, but … you won’t know how much effort / determination / skill it requires until you try it on your own. Why did these teams succeed and other do struggle then? What was the distinguisher? Here’re my thoughts: The…