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[Joseph Crawford]

Jerry,

I agree there are times it would probably be better to be in the  
office, however I am not a lone coder.  I work with a team of 10 other  
developers.  Generally there are 2-3 developers working together on a  
project.  Working from home I still manage to collaborate with them  
just fine.  We use a ticketing system so I know what needs to be done  
when.  If i have questions there is the phone, IM, video etc.

It has been working fine for us so far with me working from home.

I do have to say that not all people can work from home.  It does take  
a lot of discipline to work from home.  There are times I just do not  
want to work and have to force myself to do so.  It is easier to say  
hey i am not working today when you don't have to worry about the boss  
face to face etc.

Joseph Crawford

On Apr 17, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Jerry B. Altzman wrote:

> on 2008-04-17 16:05 Joseph Crawford said the following:
>> with the days of video conferencing i really do not see the point  
>> of going in-house for anything.  My employer likes to bring me down  
>> here so i go with the flow.
>
> Well, that's very nice. But not every company *has* video  
> conferencing. And sometimes you need more than 15 minutes of  
> conferencing time.
>
> I'm not going to try to convince those of you who are "lone coders"  
> the value of a co-located team. I will say that others do NOT feel  
> as you do. Strangely enough, sometimes you need more than one person  
> to do the job!
>
> _Peopleware_, my oft-quoted reference, goes to lengths to talk about  
> the benefits of "teams" of people working in physical proximity, and  
> the positive results coming from that.
>
> I am not saying that telecommuting has its place, only that  
> telecommuting is NOT the answer to all problems, and that  
> sometimes...you just gotta be there! This is why those folks who  
> *demand* 100% telecommuting do not work for me (even if I have one  
> special case).
>
>> Joseph Crawford
>
> //jbaltz
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