Chapter10: HowtoWorkinDifferentTimezones 112 5. Your WorkCanBeOverlooked,SoWorkinPublic It’s not enoughtouseSlackasyourvirtualwatercooler.Toworkeffectivelywith a time shift, you’ll also need to work in public. In other words, communicate, andmakesureeveryoneknowswhatyou’reworkingon. Write what you’ve done that day, share where you’re hung up on a project, andpingotherswithideas.Developers,perhaps,haveittheeasiestwithcode commentsandpullrequests, but everyone should share what’s happening in their own “manager of one” domain. David Fullerton had to overcome the communication hurdle when he was growingtheStackExchangeteam.“Whentherewere4people,everyoneknew everything. When there are 75 people, that no longer scales,” he says. “So you havetoworkoutyourchannelsofcommunication,andthat’sdoublytruewith remote workers because you can’t rely on overheard conversations or gossip tospreadtheword.Youhavetoforceyourselftobeexplicitincommunication.” AtZapier,we’veformalizedcommunicationsaboutwhatwe’reworkingonwith twothings: a Minutes document from each of our team meetings that outlines our goals for each week, and a Friday Update post that covers which of those