There are no snow days when you work remote.
summary
Checklist for surviving remote work: concrete onboarding (equipment specs, calendar, buddy access), meetings always on calendar with join links and time‑zone consideration, online task tracking (JIRA/Trello/GitHub) with clear requirements and priorities, and searchable documentation — post-its are not enough. Watch for evaluation traps (company that judged devs by ticket reopen rate fires ~30 of 36 engineers). Tools recommended: Slack for chat but not docs, Zoom/Google Hangouts for meetings, Momentum/Forest to avoid distractions, and job boards like WeWorkRemotely — slack is not documentation.
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- 0:00Start
- 4:12Remote Company Checklist
- 5:42Onboarding Process
- 7:07Key Things To Look for
- 7:42Equipment Specs
- 9:04Having Meetings Built To Be Inclusive of Remote Workers
- 12:39Three Have a Clear and Always Available Task Management System
- 14:37Tasks
- 15:50Being Effective Communicators
- 16:46Communication
- 17:39What Are the Tools Used for Daily Communication
- 19:59Documentation around Tribal Knowledge
- 22:59What Does Deployment Look like
- 23:39Migrations
- 26:51Setting the Evaluation Metrics
- 29:28Remote Working Is the Right Fit for You
- 29:40Starting Flow Chart
- 33:19Introverts versus Extroverts
- 35:16Are You Comfortable Communicating in Primarily Online Culture
- 37:31Maintaining Consistent Office Hours
- 40:56Strategy Number Two
- 44:15Strategy Number Three Create a Productive Work Environment
- 47:16Strategy Number Four Being Visible in the Company
- 48:15Building Out Rapport
- 49:21Contribute to Team Culture
- 50:41Meetup
- 51:05Co-Working Days
- 51:47Mentoring Opportunities
- 52:32Transitioning to Remote Job
- 53:28Interviewing
- 54:29Additional Resources
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