Brian Houck
Microsoft
10 Papers
3 Citations
Brian Houck is an academic researcher from Microsoft. The author has contributed to research in topics: Onboarding & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Brian Houck include University of Victoria.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Denae Ford,Margaret-Anne Storey,Thomas Zimmermann,Christian Bird,Sonia Jaffe,Chandra Maddila,Jenna L. Butler,Brian Houck,Nachiappan Nagappan +8 more
TL;DR: There is a dichotomy of developer experiences influenced by many different factors that for some are a benefit, while for others a challenge, and a benefit for some was being close to family members but for others having family members share their working space and interrupting their focus was a challenge.
Please Turn Your Cameras on: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers During a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero,Thomas Zimmermann,Brian Houck,Denae Ford +3 more
- 25 May 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of 267 new hires at Microsoft that onboarded to software development teams during the COVID-19 pandemic and explore their remote onboarding process, including the challenges that the new hires encountered and their social connectedness with their teams.
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Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic
TL;DR: It was found that most developers onboarded remotely and never had an opportunity to meet their teammates in person, which leads to one of the biggest challenges faced by these new hires, building a strong social connection with their team.
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The New Future of Work: Research from Microsoft into the Pandemic’s Impact on Work Practices
Jaime Teevan,Brent Hecht,Sonia Jaffe,Nancy K. Baym,rachel-bergmann,Matt Brodsky,Bill Buxton,Jenna L. Butler,Adam Coleman,Mary Czerwinski,Brian Houck,Ginger Hudson,Shamsi T. Iqbal,Chandra Maddila,Kate Nowak,Emily Peloquin,Ricardo Reyna Fernandez,Sean Rintel,Abigail Sellen,Tiffany Smith,margaret-anne-storey,Siddharth Suri,Hana Wolf,Longqi Yang +23 more
- 25 Jan 2021
TL;DR: The coronavirus pandemic caused a public health crisis, and also caused technological, social, and cultural disruption as mentioned in this paper, which will have long-term implications for how work gets done in the future.
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Appendix to A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Denae Ford,margaret-anne-storey,Thomas Zimmermann,Christian Bird,Sonia Jaffe,Chandra Maddila,Jenna L. Butler,Brian Houck,Nachi Nagappan +8 more
- 24 Aug 2020
TL;DR: In this article, two surveys that were run in March and April/May 2020 to understand the impact of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic were presented. But they did not consider the effect of working remotely.
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