Hacker News Reader

> In distributed shops request must flow through a gatekeeper, such as project manager,

Why not a web forum or a chatroom? Some chat software even allows screen sharing.

If the company culture is supportive of such collaboration, that's a great thing to cherish. Frequently with no codified processes engineers would adopt a NMP ("Not My Problem") attitude, with questions getting ignored, and the rest of the organization paying less attention to the channel.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com