alt Hacker NewsUnsuprisingly less experienced coders benefit from exposure to more experienced coders.
Interesting questions raised by this, for myself at least,
* how do hybrid schemes work out: some home, some office, less commute overall?
A HN submission yesterday on Australian studies showed remote work being mostly loved in AU, having little productivity impact either way for many, having significant benefits for for people with spectrum / social issues.
* has any tried junior coder meetups with experienced coders "out of office"?
Co working at one home or another, at public libraries, etc.
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Hybrid vs in-person is a meaningless debate. Once you’re hybrid, you’ve restricted your candidate pool to an hour’s drive radius around the office. The damage has been done at that point.
>how do hybrid schemes work out: some home, some office, less commute overall?
I think it depends on the type of work. I work as a support engineer for business stakeholders. Business stakeholders don't work in "Sprints", and always want to get anything ASAP. In that sense, if I want to maximize my value to the company, in-office is the best.
But frankly, I don't like that, so working remote is the best for me, IN THAT PERSPECTIVE. However, I do love the snacks in office, and I want to keep my job, so hybrid works the best for me. The stakeholders get to bug me from time to time in 3 days per week, and I book as many meetings as I can in those 3 days, and bring a non-fiction just to breath a little better.
I just wish Toronto has cheaper housing though, so I can live closer to the office.