[jobu]

The senior architects and principle engineers at my company have started scheduling focus hours as well as office hours for people to drop in and ask questions.

They were getting stretched pretty thin by being invited to design meetings for multiple different teams, and the office hours have been a great way to combat that burden. People drop in, ask some design questions and leave. Since there are usually multiple people waiting to ask questions it keeps the discussion short and focused instead of filling up a 30-60 minute meeting just because that's what was scheduled. It also lets the architect decide to schedule a focused design session if it's needed instead of letting others fill their calendars.

[curious_cat_163]

Do we know anyone who is doing this in the "mostly" remote world that we are living in right now?

[frankgrecojr]

This is brilliant! I did this at my last gig with great success!

[sharadov]

Agree, office times were a lifesaver in my last job.