I've been thinking about whiteboards, working remotely, and open plan offices. Early in my career, we used whiteboards a ton, and I learned a lot from having senior teammates explain things to my while drawing ad-hoc diagrams. In grad school, we designed programming languages this way too. When I went back to industry, whiteboard usage had basically disappeared, at least in the teams I was on. I think this is a big loss.
How does this relate to open plan offices and working remotely? 🧵