The Private Conversation Anti-Pattern in Engineering Teams
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The article discusses the 'private conversation anti-pattern' in engineering teams, where important discussions happen privately instead of publicly, and the HN community generally agrees with the author's perspective.
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dogleash
2 months ago
People can still avoid participation by muting chat, so the better strategy is to start yelling all your conversations across the open office. That'll really get everyone engaged.
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