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[Jason Scott]

Good question :-)

I actually have one full time - and very valuable - employee working completely from home, in FL nonetheless. I have a graphic designer working full time from Croatia. Both are important to the company, neither is part of a team.

For the dev group - which is where my heart lies - they are all here with me every day.

Now, if one gets sick, or as mentioned ealier has a child care issue, or a broken car, or simply can't bear the thought of commuting on a given day, I am totally fine with them working from home.

Like I said in a previous post, the exception, not the rule 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian D." <brian at realm3.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: 4/18/2008 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Why IT Sucks

I agree with you about the WWD article, Jason, and I'm actually not a
CIO or upper management.

I telecommuted for a company out of state for a year, and then quit
because I could see that it simply wasn't going to work out. I agree
that you need some face-to-face time to iron out specs.

However, on the other hand, I find it highly unnecessary to be on-site
100% of the time. Do you think that there is some sort of a compromise
in this area, or do you see it black & white: you're on or you're off?

I'm just curious about what you think on this.

As a side note, I've been flying solo since Jan. '07, and I find that
most of my clients chose me because I *can* work on-site here in NYC.
I don't do this 100% of the time, but I find that some face-time is
absolutely necessary for most business people. As a business person
myself, I completely understand that. You want to see where your money
is going.

- B. D.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jason Scott <JasonS at innovationads.com> wrote:
> Written by a telecommuter...and complete crap
>
>  As a real life CIO, and not the fictional "suit" manager - you know, the kind that "can't understand true technology" - please know that nothing at all mentioned in that article even comes close to the reasons I like my developers to be here.
>
>  For those of you who are looking to make  couple hundred grand a year doing what you love, please stop grouping together with people in the same situation, and maybe - just maybe - start taking some advice from the people who can actually make it happen
>
>  (another audible sigh)
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: "Scott Trudeau" <scott.trudeau at gmail.com>
>  To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
>  Sent: 4/18/2008 10:59 AM
>  Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Why IT Sucks
>
>
>
> Relevant article:
>
>  "Why your boss doesn't want you to telework" - Web Worker Daily
>
>  HYPERLINK "http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/04/10/why-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-telework/"http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/04/10/why-your-boss-doesnt-want-you-to-telework/
>
>
>
>  [snip]

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