[HN Gopher] Life Is Driven by Network Effects
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Life Is Driven by Network Effects
Author : taigeair
Score : 100 points
Date : 2020-01-20 18:28 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| GrayTextIsTruth wrote:
| One of the reasons why I think 100% distributed, remote team
| might not be the best. Which is why a middle ground where you
| work remote but within 1 hour of a "company hub" so you get to
| see you team a few times a month.
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| Ive been remote for a year and a half and I feel I'm not making
| lasting connections. It's probably different for single folks but
| it's hard to visit coworkers with a family.
| rlayton2 wrote:
| I had something similar, to the point where I didn't really
| know anything about the people in my team. One small thing that
| can help a little is to spend more time on the small talk in
| team meetings and video conferencing. "The weather is good
| today" is cliche, but a good segway into "I might take my bike
| out for a ride around town", and maybe a chat about what type
| of bike you have etc...
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| I've worked fully remote for years, and now have the
| arrangement you describe, and your suggestion is on point.
|
| Working 100% remote wears on the soul, which is thirsty for in
| person connectivity. Collaboration tools are no substitute for
| a meal together.
| tempsy wrote:
| So what does one do if they want to move somewhere where they
| don't know anyone?
| rexpop wrote:
| Join a church, or other Meetup group. Join a union, or other
| vocational association.
| gukov wrote:
| Meetups, volunteering, hobbies (climbing gyms, etc).
| Essentially use a similar interest/cause to break the ice with
| others.
| alfonsodev wrote:
| Signaling that you are valuable fot that network. Practical
| example would be having repositories on github that signal
| skills and genuine interest in a topic.
|
| Companies (which are netowrks too) would reach to you
| eventually, or as other are saying meetups, etc. But I think
| the key is signaling value.
| aussiegreenie wrote:
| Damon Runyon said, "Always try to rub up against money, for if
| you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on
| you."
| Merrill wrote:
| Interesting article, but normally "network effect" is associated
| with the concept that the value of membership in a network
| increases as a power of the size of the network. Rather than
| size, it seems that the type and quality of the various networks
| that an individual is embedded in is the controlling factor
| regarding the advantages and disadvantages that shape the
| individual's life in a progression from family to education,
| employment, and community. In the end, it is more about "path
| dependency" than "network effects".
| woliveirajr wrote:
| > The most lasting and effective way to change your life is to
| change who you're surrounded by. Since networks so powerfully
| shape who we are and what we do, the best way to change ourselves
| is to change our networks.
|
| That's why it's good to be part of groups when you move to a new
| town, groups that probably will have person with many
| similarities with you (and not the only one that made you choose
| them). Be part of a literature group and you'll have things in
| common that go beyond reading books, as being part of that group
| will have effect in your time, routes you take within the city,
| places you'll eat, stores that you'll go, and so on.
| ismail wrote:
| "The most lasting and effective way to change your life is to
| change who you're surrounded by."
|
| I think this is somewhat obvious. I have been hearing this from
| my dad since I was a kid. "Choose your friends wisely, they
| become your destiny"
| robocat wrote:
| Religion, language, culture, where you lived, IQ/EQ,
| socioeconomic status, and temperament are more important than
| some of the 7 listed networks. The 7 listed "crossroad" networks
| were: family, high school, college, first job, marriage, where
| you live, and "Reassessments" (silly).
|
| However I think there is a glint of gold somewhere in the dross
| of that article.
| rexpop wrote:
| > Religion, language, culture, where you lived... socioeconomic
| status
|
| Those are all socialized by, and therefore downstream of, one's
| milieu, aka social network.
|
| > temperament
|
| Also, largely, socialized. Sad how you miss the forest for the
| trees, here.
|
| Edit:
|
| IQ, hilariously, is a supposed "biological" attribute, and yet
| has been shown to be more about one's acculturation into the
| proctors' cultural memes.
| robocat wrote:
| > and therefore downstream
|
| Irrelevant point because the topic is networks - you can be a
| node in multiple non-independent groups. Also highschool etc
| as in the article are also dependent (as presented in the
| article).
| cylon13 wrote:
| > IQ, hilariously, is a supposed "biological" attribute, and
| yet has been shown to be more about one's acculturation into
| the proctors' cultural memes.
|
| Can you post a source for this? As far as I'm aware, IQ is
| one of the best understood and well studied metrics in human
| behavior, and it definitely has a large genetic component.
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