Is there research that proves that in-person teams are more successful than remote/hybrid ones?

If not, I think remote/hybrid employees should be equal class citizens to on-site employees, and that should be reflected in a consistent composition of those roles thru all levels of leadership.

I think the point GP is making is that hybrid Teams are worst off. And that was my experience also pre pandemic. Actually the people who always were remote felt a huge improvement, because suddenly all had the same 'distance' and needed to put in the same effort to stay connected.

What if you don’t have any “why”? How would you go about finding one?

Personally, I find it in service and hard, physical work but I think anything that breaks you out of overthinking and just doing can work. Another good book along this line is Shopclass as Soulcraft. Totally different subject but also about finding a why.

Interesting question.

I think there are those of us that enjoy following along with a discussion as opposed to directly participating in it. A “lurker” if you will.

For myself, I like to do this to see opposing viewpoints on a topic, to help crystalize my own thoughts. Also, I often read on mobile and don’t have the patience to write lengthy replies on my iPhone keyboard.

I’m not necessarily saying that users like myself deserve the right to dowvote, but I do consider myself part of this community, even if I am not actively “participating” by writing comments.

Thanks for putting it in those words. I am very much a lurker. If I did have the ability to downvote, I would do it maybe two or three times a year, like I do on reddit.

>Also, I often read on mobile and don’t have the patience to write lengthy replies on my iPhone keyboard.

This also rings true. Or sometimes when I don't have the time or energy to sit down and write out a reasoned response.

Disclaimer: I have been here way less than 10 years. At least w/ an account, lurking before that without an account even.

Lengthy replies are not needed at all. Look at this recent article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29756714 and find my reply. Very short but it adds information to the discussion in that Microsoft is not alone in this and other large vendors have such problems too.

I did a CTRL-F to see if anyone else had mentioned SAP already and since they didn't, I did a quick Google search to find corroborating evidence of what I knew from work like 10 years ago about SAP production systems shutting down due to DST changes. People upvoted this.

Maybe, just maybe (!) - going out on a limb here that might get me downvoted, I didn't go through your comment history - there's a hint in your and your parent's reply: no patience for a reasoned response. I think if you really try for reasoned responses, even force yourself to type out that reasoned response, especially on the phone, as it slows you down, it can give you the time you need to make it a reasoned response. It's very easy and fast to write an inflammatory response.

Side note: I don't know if you have ever been downvoted yourself but that obviously doesn't help w/ the karma you got ;) If that is the case, there are other things we can discuss about how to change that but for now I won't just assume that this is the case and shut up.

Just contribute some links and you'll get karma as well. No need to engage in discussions.

no/low code tools that are accessible/useable by the masses.

And that can scale to complex systems.

if it is worthless, then why force him to do it?

if his situation is anything like mine was, then the answer is likely to maintain good grades to support future educational prospects.

which is unfortunate as this system encourages the pursuit of the grade over the pursuit of knowledge. it took me many years to shake that mindset.

Homework is worthless, but establishing a precedent that you should ignore things teachers ask you to do is pretty bad, too.

(Indeed, one reason homework may be harmful is the way it can create an adversarial relationship with teachers and condition students to ignore teacher suggestions and feedback).

As another phrased it: because that's the meta.

You have to excel in all coursework on the default track to competing in race of society. There are opt-outs/alternatives popping up, but they're not mainstream.

Meanwhile, per the thread above, in Hoboken Nj 8% show math proficiency, yet 95% graduate.

There are two cultures in the US.

15% of the grade. I’ve thought about having him skip it. It’s just too risky.

Supposedly Hertz is buying these at market price…

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-hertz-full-price-ord...

It is less about hitting it big, more about fulfilling a purpose / doing something meaningful with my life’s work.

I suppose I am looking toward my job to provide that level of fulfillment, when it could conceivably come from elsewhere.

>it could conceivably come from elsewhere

Hit the nail right on the head.

My boss is a boy scout troop leader, he regularly goes out to the gatherings, and I can relate his mood to how their last meetup went. His job has 0 impact on it.

Keep looking, something will fill that void soon.

I, myself, found that making bread for community kitchens sorta did it, not the act of making it but seeing people eat it, and taste it, was very fulfilling. You don't have to do it for charity, there may be other things that tickle your fancy.

One would assume so. Interesting to see the price rise in advance of the announcement. Maybe this punishment was seen as less severe than it could have been?

I think the price rise in advance of the annoucement may have more to do with the approval of bitcoin ETFs, there are some news about that..

The price rise was a Tether-fueled pump. Someone poured $1b of stablecoins into a single purchase to pump the price.

You mean someone gave 1 billion of tether to buy bitcoin?

i am also very interested to know this as well.

the absence of “irl” community is something i have thought a lot about over the years.

seems nowadays most people hang out with either: 1. existing friends/family 2. coworkers 3. go online

with wfh, you lose #2. if you are a transplant, or never had #1, that doesn’t leave you with any options.

it seems inevitable that the future of socialization will be online and niche. and there will be a small minority that reject that trend and go “off the grid” to connect with nature.

i’m interested to research these topics/themes more thoroughly, if anyone can recommend further reading.

Before the pandemic, I made a conscious effort to meet people by regularly attending a bunch of local meetups, over the course of two years. I made a ton of new acquaintances that way, and about 15 of those people ended up being part of my two main friend circles now.

I always thought of myself as an introvert before, but I just kept attending these things, and being present a bunch, not being too irritating of a person (I don't claim to be full of social graces, but overly irritating people did tend to be filtered out over time), and having activities to focus on instead of just talking at a lot of these (board games, scavenger hunts, movies, etc) helped me make those friendships over time.

Since the pandemic I've regressed quite a bit and haven't maintained a lot of the weaker friendships, but I still do things with those two main friend circles, mostly board game nights at their houses. Helps that everyone that attends is vaccinated, otherwise I'd feel less comfortable about it.

Anyway, it's possible if you make an effort, or at least it was before the pandemic (it probably still is possible, I'm just personally more cautious now).

Can you give me an example of the type of meetup you're attending? Will look for some in my area. Ty!