One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Slack is successful because it's addictive, not because it allows you to focus on what matters at work.
What Slack does is to train everyone to
think one line at a time instead of writing down your thoughts in a coherent matter
make the communication synchronous - like speech but much less rich and efficient - while the secret of effective remote work is to master the subtle art of asynchronocity
gives the impression that whatever was discussed last is the most important thing, leaving teams with no useful compass of what really matters
make you react on loads of notifications, which are basically an external TODO list. Real productivity comes from the inside
Slack is basically an all day long meeting with no agenda where everyone is invited
Hint: if you are annoyed by Slack, you may probably like Basecamp
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That's a correct take, not a unpopular opinion @aleksandrhovhannisyan
I mean the company that produce it gave us a big hint:
they called it Slack, not Work.
Slack is successful because it's addictive, not because it allows you to focus on what matters at work.
What Slack does is to train everyone to
Slack is basically an all day long meeting with no agenda where everyone is invited
Hint: if you are annoyed by Slack, you may probably like Basecamp