Why this book exists
A focused place to understand what is happening
Rasmus had six calls yesterday. He is thirty-six, he writes software for a company in Manchester, he lives in Sheffield and has never been to Manchester. He joined eighteen months ago, fully remote, and has not met a single colleague in person, and this is not a complaint he has ever made because it is not, on the face of it, a problem. He is good at the job. His reviews are excellent. Six calls. A stand-up at half past nine, a planning thing, two pair-programming sessions, a one-to-one, a retro at four. That is more human interaction than he had on most days in his old office, where he wore headphones and shipped code and went home. By any measure you would think to apply, Rasmus is not isolated. He speaks to people continuously for seven hours. He.
The writing is designed to reduce shame, bring the underlying pattern into view and give you practical ways to respond without pretending that every life follows the same formula.
