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Mobile OS outfit Cyanogen has made further sackings and parted ways with founder Steve Kondik.
A post by CEO Lior Tal says the company is closing its Seattle office and consolidating a single Palo Alto abode.
"The purpose of the change is to improve the communication and performance of the team which will now operate under one roof," Tal writes. "This consolidation effort will allow us to build in greater efficiencies and reduce restrictions in our product development lifecycle. Understandably some are unable to follow their role and relocate. We appreciate and value all of the amazing work these individuals have provided to the growth and success of Cyanogen."
Folks who work in Seattle will be offered the chance to make the move south.
Tal also says "With these changes, Cyanogen has separated ties with Steve Kondik, allowing him to continue to forge his path as he sees fit. We wish him the best of luck in his next venture."
(Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:03PM
... then you don't understand the Information Age, let alone "mobile".
(Score: 5, Insightful) by edIII on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:41PM
LOL, yeah, there just Luddites right?
There are many advantages to being all in the same place, at the same time, providing the environment is NOT corporate slave cubic hovels with toxic executives running around looking important and making the hard short term decisions. It does distract you having the listen to some suckhead going on about "TPS reports".
Being able to see and talk to each other is pretty cool, not to mention effective for getting shit done. Talking with people works, which I understand is hard for the young crowd that cannot even talk to good friends without their comfort blanket. Excuse me, I mean smart phone.
What you fail to leave out, is the ridiculous fucking cost of technologies designed to bring collaboration over large distances. If you have investor money and don't give a shit, then why not, spend a few million dollars on Cisco IP conference phones and telepresence enabled white boards. Depending on the level of executive suckheads involved, why not a nice beautiful Surface like you see in the movies, such as Avatar? In all fairness, without an office and stupidity, you don't spend 100,000 fucking dollars on just chairs. Holy shit, the money pit that is just chairs is astounding.
All of that shit costs a lot of fucking money, and what you are left with in practical outfits is a mix of email, Skype, collaboration platforms like Google Docs/Owncloud, instant messaging, and phones. It's not as easy as you think to accomplish a lot when you NEVER meet, and that is all you have. Possible? Yes. Superior? That's debatable.
If you want to get a lot of shit done, you create an environment where everybody can come and work together. IMO, the biggest appeal to working like that in the first place was that you got to get away from the corporate vileness in an office building. Which leads me to my original point, that a good enthusiastic crew with decent managers, and a decent environment, can get a lot done.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:47PM
I work at home some of the time and love it, but yeah, it's better for a lot of thing to get together with a bunch of other developers, or even with a bunch of users, and design something. The efficiency is much higher, assuming you know how to keep things on track. Working remotely is better when you have all the information you need and want get in the zone and write code. A place with private offices and common meeting/design areas would be perfect, although commuting still sucks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:58PM
Yup I will echo Nerdfest here. Ideally working in one location is great if everyone is able to focus and have their own space. Remote is tricky to get the workflow set right, but with group chat services it really does not disrupt teamwork that much. Better to have happy devs!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday December 08 2016, @12:47AM
I'm just wondering who's mom's basement they all moved into!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 08 2016, @01:05AM
Your mom's basement, obviously.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 08 2016, @01:30AM
Awww, does somebody work at Cyanogen?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday December 08 2016, @07:47AM
Not anymore :D
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...