Episode 327: Remote with onsite team and undercover refactor

Published: Oct. 24, 2022, noon

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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    I have recently joined a team as a fully remote member, with majority of my team mates located in one city and meet in office every week. My manager wants me to work on earn trust and drive consensus, to keep me in track for promotion. Being remote, I am unable to get through my team mates effectively, when compared to my previous work settings where it was all on-site. Any tips for me?

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    Hi Jamison and Dave!

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    I\u2019m a long time listener and I really enjoy the podcast. I have a small question for you two:

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    My coworker recently asked for my opinion on how to write some code and then implemented it a different way. They knew I wasn\u2019t a fan of their implementation and even went out of their way to not get it reviewed by me. Now we\u2019re left with this shared code that stinks.

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    Their code works but it\u2019s clunkier then it should be and it\u2019s bothering me.\nShould I fix it when they\u2019re on leave and guise it as a refactoring that \u201cneeded to be done\u201d or should I leave it alone and try to learn some lesson from this.

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    The other option is to quit my job but other this small hiccup - it\u2019s been going ok here.

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This episode is sponsored by the Compiler podcast, from Red Hat: https://link.chtbl.com/compiler?sid=podcast.softskillsengineering