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mobjack
on Nov 22, 2022
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High-documentation, low-meeting work culture
You ask someone in slack. If that isn't sufficient, set up a small 1 on 1 meeting to discuss.
You can't avoid all meetings, but you can keep them few and small.
twobitshifter
on Nov 22, 2022
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In long running projects, the people who know the answer may no longer be around.
Macha
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Now my ability to find something is limited by someone else's availability, and everywhere I've seen this culture it's devolved into the same 1-2 people answering all the questions as not everyone has a built up map of who knows what.
koonsolo
on Nov 22, 2022
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After you are the 3rd person who contacted me for the same thing, the next one better read the fking documentation that I write.
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You can't avoid all meetings, but you can keep them few and small.