The Secrets of Productive Virtual Offsites - Tips from GitHub

Level-up Engineering

Interview with Allison McMillan, Director of Engineering at GitHub. She shares her best virtual offsite ideas, hands out some tips you can try yourself and warns you of the pitfalls to avoid. Real life stories from behind the scenes at GitHub.

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In this interview we're covering:

• Definition of virtual offsites
• Ground rules for virtual offsites
• Realistic expectations for virtual offsites
• Challenges of virtual offsites
• Preparations for virtual offsites
• Virtual offsite ideas

Excerpt from the interview:

"I consider an offsite a state of mind rather than a physical location.

Going to a different location can help you achieve this state of mind. Depending on your preference, it may be a different location at your house, a coffee shop, a coworking location, or a different continent.

The idea is to get yourself away from daily tasks and to put your brain into a different gear."

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