![]() JOËL: I definitely got to the point where I hated the classifying a sandwich. SARA: Do you have a favorite taxonomy lunch discussion that you recall? JOËL: Well, we do have a taxonomy channel on Slack to somewhat continue that legacy. JOËL: One of the funny things that often happened, at least the office where I worked at, was that lunches would often devolve into taxonomy conversations. ![]() Now, if I'm having an issue, I have to intentionally seek help. SARA: I also really miss being able to have lunch in person with folks where I can casually gripe about an issue I might be having, and almost certainly, someone would have the answer. One of the things that I really appreciated about in-person office culture was the serendipity that you have those sort of random meetings at the water cooler, those conversations, waiting for coffee with people who are not necessarily on the same team or the same project as you are. But when you're remote, it has to be a lot more intentional. When you're in an office, it's easy to create ad hoc conversations and have events that are small that build on the culture. SARA: I think definitely growing and maintaining a culture. JOËL: What do you think are some of the challenges of remote work as opposed to working in person in an office? SARA: I don't know about that, but I've certainly dealt with the idiosyncrasies that come with remote work for longer. JOËL: So you were a pro at this long before the pandemic made us all try it out. I actually had a full year of internship in college that was remote. SARA: Yes, I actually started working remotely in 2019, but even then, that wasn't my first time working remotely. JOËL: Had you worked at a remote company before coming to thoughtbot? Fortunately, I was able to meet many other thoughtboters in May at our summit. So I joined thoughtbot, but after thoughtbot had already gotten remote. SARA: It was my second, for the most part. JOËL: Was this your first time meeting some members of the team? This was a chance for those on the Boost team to get together and work together as if we had a physical office. So this was a chance to get together in person. JOËL: And our team, for those who are not aware, is fully remote distributed across multiple countries. SARA: Well, Joël, you might know that recently our team had a small get-together in Toronto. JOËL: Together, we're here to share a little bit of what we've learned along the way. And today, I'm joined by fellow thoughtboter, Team Lead, and Developer Sara Jackson. JOËL: Hello and welcome to another episode of The Bike Shed, a weekly podcast from your friends at thoughtbot about developing great software.
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