Month: February 2021

The spectrum of permanence

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Remote working

This article is part of a series on remote working. OK, a quick recap… In the last article we looked at the spectrum of synchronousness, which showed how there exists: A continuum between synchronous and asynchronous communication. Implicit expectations with that communication depending on the medium and format you choose to communicate with. A need to shift right along this spectrum in order to better support remote and distributed working. In this article we’re going […]

The spectrum of synchronousness

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Remote working

This article is part of a series on remote working. Consider this: what’s one of the most impactful skills that you can improve as an engineer? Is it your programming? Maybe it’s your debugging? I’d like to make the case that it’s your communication. After all, software isn’t built in solitude. It is imagined, designed and implemented by teams of people. Being a better communicator will make you a better programmer. You write code for […]