Remote: How to Work in Pajamas Without Losing Your Shirt
summary
A case study of how Thinkful scaled from ~20 colocated New York employees to over 200 fully remote staff worldwide (Madrid to Hawaii) in two years, covering successes, failures, common and rare mistakes, and cautionary anecdotes. The talk discusses practical lessons for running remote teams without financial collapse.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Remote work introduction
- 1:24Two remote experiences
- 3:49Failures and lessons
- 7:00Success with distributed teams
- 10:51Remote work keys
- 13:20Anna Karenina principle
- 14:23Remote skills
- 16:30Written communication and tech
- 17:15Social connection and mental health
- 17:57Feedback and autonomy
- 18:39Focus and results
- 20:01Summary and closing
- 20:43Q&A
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