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Must be willing to relocate: Not Anymore

Must be willing to relocate: Not Anymore

Velocity NYC 2016 talk.

Talk adapted from blog series starting with https://medium.com/@stahnma/on-working-remotely-part-1-909e9968ecbb#.wqos4m1wo

Michael Stahnke

September 21, 2016
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  1. @stahnma Fallacies of distributed computing The network is reliable Latency

    is zero Bandwidth is infinite The network is secure Topology doesn’t change There is one administrator Transport cost is zero The network is homogeneous
  2. @stahnma Lessons Don’t be the sole remote person Don’t think

    that working from home a day or two a week is same experience
  3. @stahnma What do you do for work? Programming What do

    you do for fun?
 Programming What do you do when you’re not programming? Think about Programming
  4. @stahnma • Remote First — minimal/no central location. Everybody distributed. Nobody is

    left out for not being in the main office, as there isn’t one or it has minimal presence. • Remote Friendly — large group in a single place, tries hard to include others. Includes proper investments in equipment, travel and experience. • Remote Tolerant — it’s on the remote employee to make this work.
  5. @stahnma Fallacies of distributed human communication The network is reliable

    Latency is zero Bandwidth is infinite The network is secure Topology doesn’t change There is one administrator Transport cost is zero The network is homogeneous Communication is reliable Everybody is in the same timezone AV is a solved problem The network is secure Incentives for a human don’t vary Tribal knowledge works There is a travel budget Humans have the same work style