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Wide Teams Podcast Episode 5: Interviews with Hashrocket and Rhomobile

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Two interviews in this episode. I talk to Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot of Hashrocket about why Hashrocket chooses to avoid remote work. And then, I talk to Brian Moore of Rhomobile about their globally dispersed team.


Show Notes:
02:14 – Introduce Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot: developers at Hashrocket

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  • Limited experience with remote work
  • At Hashrocket, policy is to be co-located on one site and paired all the time

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    04:06 – Stressing co-located work

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    • Everyone together
    • Culture and doing things outside of work

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      05:40 – Advice to future groups considering remote work

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      • Donâ€t skimp on equipment
      • Overcommunicate

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        07:14 – Distributed teams need to be improved
        08:42 – Introduce Brian Moore of Rhomobile

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        • Mobile framework company in Campbell, CA

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          09:16 – History with distributed work

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          • International
          • Daily standup meetings for communication
          • Skype, messaging, email contact
          • Coordinating timezones

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            11:05 – Challenges of working remotely

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            • Communications barrier (language)

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              11:45 – Benefits of having a distributed team

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              • Experience of different people in different cultures

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                12:35 – Tools

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                • Skype
                • Pivotal Tracker
                • Need something that provides voice, email communication all-in-one

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                  13:05 – Advice for future remote workers

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                  • Maintaining communication is key

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                    13:35 – Wrap up
                    14:17 – End
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