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> The point of the article is that for team work with unclearity you are more creative by working in a physical space together.

The article also has no data supporting it. Only feelings. It's very typical for these sort of articles.

I am a lot more productive, and even creative working from home, where I have full control of the environment I'm in and not wasting effort on social interactions. Collaboration happens effectively in a remote settings as long as the company embraces it properly.

Since we are discussing feelings about remote work, this is as valid as anything else.

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yarg3y ago· 4 in thread

Do we always need non anecdotal data to support every assertion that we make?

I've had many face to face conversations in a room with a whiteboard that couldn't have happened nearly as efficiently if everyone was remote.

Now I do think that the push against work from home in general has very little to do with operating efficiency (if companies cared that much about operating efficiency they wouldn't have developers working in loud open plan offices, drowning out the world around them with headphones), but the argument that there's no utility in face to face meetings is just as meritless.

surgical_fireOP3y ago

> Do we always need non anecdotal data to support every assertion that we make?

When the claim is that remote work is a mistake and that its era came to an end... Yes. It's an exceptional claim, and exceptional claims demand exceptional data. Otherwise we should call it bullshit.

> but the argument that there's no utility in face to face meetings is just as meritless.

Probably. I do prefer remote work, and I favor working for companies that allow me to stay remote.

But I think there's place to companies that prefer to work in office, and people that prefer to work in the same physical space as their colleagues.

This balanced take doesn't seem to be very popular, however. I wonder why.

twelve403y ago

Well de-facto the balanced approach is here already. If you don't like OpenAI, you can go work for Gitlab. The actual interview is not as extreme as the title, and since Altman mentioned they have remote workers too, he seems to be trying to say that 100% remote for everyone is over.

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yarg3y ago

People like to see things in black and white (they're not always wrong, sometimes a compromise is the worst of all worlds).

watwut3y ago

In this case, yes. Because otherwise I will just go with my anecdotal observation that this is just about management feeling lonely and with less control.

remote_phone3y ago· 1 in thread

> I am a lot more productive, and even creative working from home

What’s the data to support this statement? It sounds like a feeling. Do you have data to support whether or not your teammates’ productivity are affected by you being remote?

surgical_fireOP3y ago

Maybe you should have read the post you're replying to in its entirety.

richbell3y ago

> The article also has no data supporting it. Only feelings. It's very typical for these sort of articles.

My company disbanded its employee productivity research group after they started providing data to the contrary. It's not about facts, it's about forcing the peons to fall in line.

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8 comments · 3 top-level

yarg3y ago· 4 in thread

Do we always need non anecdotal data to support every assertion that we make?

I've had many face to face conversations in a room with a whiteboard that couldn't have happened nearly as efficiently if everyone was remote.

surgical_fireOP3y ago

> Do we always need non anecdotal data to support every assertion that we make?

> but the argument that there's no utility in face to face meetings is just as meritless.

Probably. I do prefer remote work, and I favor working for companies that allow me to stay remote.

But I think there's place to companies that prefer to work in office, and people that prefer to work in the same physical space as their colleagues.

This balanced take doesn't seem to be very popular, however. I wonder why.

twelve403y ago

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yarg3y ago

People like to see things in black and white (they're not always wrong, sometimes a compromise is the worst of all worlds).

watwut3y ago

In this case, yes. Because otherwise I will just go with my anecdotal observation that this is just about management feeling lonely and with less control.

remote_phone3y ago· 1 in thread

> I am a lot more productive, and even creative working from home

What’s the data to support this statement? It sounds like a feeling. Do you have data to support whether or not your teammates’ productivity are affected by you being remote?

surgical_fireOP3y ago

Maybe you should have read the post you're replying to in its entirety.

richbell3y ago

> The article also has no data supporting it. Only feelings. It's very typical for these sort of articles.

My company disbanded its employee productivity research group after they started providing data to the contrary. It's not about facts, it's about forcing the peons to fall in line.

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