Comment by leetrout
19 hours ago
> Camaraderie, speed: Have fun, do retreats, avoid burnout
Or, alternatively, respect personal boundaries and don't force coworkers to have social outings.
I really wish "work is just work" was more popular. There is an empathetic way to do this that isn't just treating people as a number but also not forcing socializing outside of the context of work.
Yes to avoiding burnout. No to thinking a retreat is the answer to that.
The kind of people in these small teams are not ones to think "work is just work".
Hacker News formula for startups: no offices, no offsites, no meetings, and no MBAs. If only idiot CEOs and rapacious VCs were listening!
Not quite.
Have an onsite team or have hybrid setups that bring people within geographic areas together. Nothing replaces getting around a physical whiteboard in a physical space.
Context is in the original statement that retreats are a fix for burnout.
I used to agree with that but now we have tools like Figma that actually work better than a whiteboard once you understand how to use them correctly.
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