Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Remote working in the same time zone is just a skill any individual or org can learn if they really want to. All the stuff about weakening work culture and Zoom soul sucking etc is just bs, and anyone pushing that narrative is either a whiny Gen X manager unwilling to learn new skills, an autocrat leader, or an IC trying to escape bad home environment. But remote working across time zones… that’s a real challenge. Nobody’s quite figured out even the basic meeting scheduling protocol, let alone subtler things like circadian mood rhythms. For eg: The @yak rover group I’m part of is a side interest group which means weekly meeting needs to get scheduled either early morning, lunch break, or evening… in a really tough set of time zones (US PT, EU CT, Japan). Somebody is always either a sleep-deprived zombie or coming off a tiring full day of work. We’ve lost group members because we couldn’t solve for their time zone (eg ET). We rotate occasionally so we can take turns being zombie.
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pugson
@pugson
there are people who enjoy going to sleep at 4am and waking up at noon. find them
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
They may not have the skill a role needs
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pugson
@pugson
yeah i’m only talking about those who have the necessary skills to pull this off. not common but they exist for sure
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