remote work
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Pieter Levels quoted
Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone
Their wordsAnd with remote work and entrepreneurship, people lack a space like an office where people would usually make friends or meet partners
↗After a decade, I have made nomads.com free for everyone nowlevels.io
- 6 weeks earlier
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Sam Altman quoted
Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI
Their wordsit used to be very heretical that YC told people they had to move to San Francisco. And looking back, it was clearly right.
↗Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup"youtube.com 9th of 20 in this recording
- 5 weeks earlier
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Adam Grant quoted
Organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School
Their wordswhat really drives leaders to resist remote work isn't productivity concern. It's ego. Ordering people in is a power and status move. Leaders want to be worshiped at the office altar.
↗The Must-Read Articles of the Monthadamgrant.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Emanuele Bartolesi quoted
Italian software architect working on Microsoft 365
Their wordsRemote Desktop is tolerable for admin work. For actual coding, it is a bad experience.
↗Stop Coding Through Remote Desktop. Use VS Code Remote Tunnels Insteademanuelebartolesi.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 3 months earlier
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Tynan quoted
American writer and long-term traveller
Their wordsThere's never in history been a better time for remote jobs or being an entrepreneur.
↗What I Would Do if I Were Gen Ztynan.com 1st of 3 in this piece
- 12 days earlier
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Jason Lemkin quoted
Founder and CEO of SaaStr
Their wordsWe should knock on more doors. We should do more in person. All the data I've ever collected shows everything closes at a higher rate if you go in person.
↗We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here's what happened next | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)youtube.com 14th of 24 in this recording
- 7 months earlier
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Brendan Gregg quoted
Computer performance engineer working on datacenter performance at OpenAI
Our readingRemote workers are often passed over for opportunities in favor of less-qualified local colleagues
Their wordsOpportunities can be given to local workers despite the remote worker being more qualified, or even number one in the world in that area.
↗3 Years of Extremely Remote Workbrendangregg.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Brendan Gregg quoted
Our readingGiving local staff authority over more-qualified remote workers reduces a company's competitiveness
Their wordsthere's a power imbalance: the local worker is in charge and doesn't have to listen. This reduces company competitiveness.
↗3 Years of Extremely Remote Workbrendangregg.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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ThePrimeagen quoted
Michael Paulson, known online as ThePrimeagen
Their wordsWhereas something like Microsoft, they made VS Code as a loss leader. Copilot's probably operating on a loss leader. These things are all getting you so tied into, GitHub, remote workspaces, CI, Copilot, you become this trapped in permanent person and if that price rises, the switching cost is so great at some point that you'll never be able to switch.
↗ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #461youtube.com 30th of 31 in this recording
- 3 months earlier
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Rodney Brooks quoted
Robotics researcher, emeritus professor at MIT and former…
Their wordsWaymo now has a service that looks and feels like this in San Francisco, 8 years earlier than I predicted. But it is not what every one was expecting. There are humans in the loop.
↗Predictions Scorecard, 2025 January 01rodneybrooks.com 3rd of 4 in this piece
- 10 months earlier
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Lynn Fisher quoted
Designer, illustrator and CSS developer known…
Our readingRemote work requires trusting one's team, and that trust is a choice that can be made at any time.
Their wordsRemote work requires trusting your team and that's something you can choose to do at any time.
↗A decade of working remotelylynnandtonic.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Lynn Fisher quoted
Their wordsIt's totally possible to create deep, meaningful relationships with people remotely.
↗A decade of working remotelylynnandtonic.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Boris Cherny quoted
Creator of Claude Code at Anthropic
Their wordsthere is simply no alternative to seeing your coworkers in person, catching up about their families and lives without the ticking clock of a virtual meeting, and grabbing beer after-hours to kvetch and ideate and get to know each other as friends.
↗Learning to work (very) remotelyborischerny.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals
Their wordsRemote work might be receding, but it's simply too compelling an option for too many to ever disappear
- 12 days earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Our readingRemote work enables new company formation
Their wordsRemote work is an enabling technology, like free open-source software, which lowers the cost for new-company formation
↗Working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage againworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 7 weeks earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsI say, do or do not. Hybrid is a cop-out.
↗Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote workworld.hey.com
- 13 days earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsNothing can substitute for spending time together in person as a way to build bonds, create connections, and foster trust with your colleagues
↗Recharging trust batteries with meetups in a remote companyworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsBeing unable to do this during the pandemic really underscored how critical meetups are to make the whole remote-work arrangement successful
↗Recharging trust batteries with meetups in a remote companyworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsLet's be real here. The modern world we live in was designed and executed from an office. It's a perfectly legitimate way of working.
- 11 months earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsa working arrangement that should be high on autonomy, flexibility, and creativity
↗Employee surveillance software is managerial bankruptcyworld.hey.com
- 5 weeks earlier
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Brian Chesky quoted
Co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb
Our readingRemote work and flexibility will likely become the main way people work within ten years.
Their wordsSimilarly, today’s startups have embraced remote work and flexibility, and I think this will become the predominant way that we all work 10 years from now.
- 23 months earlier
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Thorsten Ball quoted
Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast
Their wordswhen the main communication channels are asynchronous text and video calls (as would be the case in a remote work setup) the influence of the loudest person in the room wanes. It's transferred to the best communicators.
↗What you think is bad about remote work, can, well, actually be good.thorstenball.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Thorsten Ball quoted
Their wordsface-to-face meetings are not inherently better. They can be time wasters just like anything else.
↗What you think is bad about remote work, can, well, actually be good.thorstenball.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Maxence Poutord quoted
French software engineer
Their wordsYou're going to introduce a wholesale change in the way you and your team work, your productivity will be impacted.
↗10 Tips for Working From Homemaxpou.fr 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Maxence Poutord quoted
Their wordsHome office removes time to commute. You don't owe this time to your boss.
↗10 Tips for Working From Homemaxpou.fr 3rd of 3 in this piece