What Thorsten Ball thinks about remote work

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Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast. Wrote Writing an Interpreter in Go.

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1. 22 May 2020

   Our readingIn asynchronous, text-based communication, the loudest person in the room loses influence and it shifts to the best communicators.

   Their wordswhen the main communication channels are asynchronous text and video calls (as would be the case in a remote work setup) the influence of the loudest person in the room wanes. It's transferred to the best communicators.

   ↗What you think is bad about remote work, can, well, actually be good.thorstenball.com 1st of 3 in this piece

3. 22 May 2020

   Our readingFace-to-face meetings are not inherently better than other forms of communication and can waste time just like anything else.

   Their wordsface-to-face meetings are not inherently better. They can be time wasters just like anything else.

   ↗What you think is bad about remote work, can, well, actually be good.thorstenball.com 2nd of 3 in this piece