Re: Future with Ada

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Sure. But there can be other barriers as well. Colocation might be seen as
critical to keeping productivity high. The inability to actually supervise
anyone and be sure that they are spending their day in a semi-productive
manner can also be an issue. (Not always possible even when someone is
on-site, but at least you get a better feeling for it.) Managing programmers
is enough like hearding cats as it is - how much harder would it be if all
the cats are in different locations and have less communications between
them? Can you effectively keep everyone on the same chapter/verse if they
are spread out all over? What about the costs of getting the whole team
together as will be necessary on some non-trivial number of occasions?

I'm not saying it can't be done - I've seen it be relatively successful in
some realizations. Its just that there are downsides - real or imagined -
that can get in the way of companies willingness to try it. (It isn't
exactly a "No Brainer" that telecommuting is a "good" thing. It might not be
in any given set of circumstances.)

MDC
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"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
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> Sites that don't do government classified shops might have a competitive
> advantage in getting people if they can offer telecommuting.