Tag: remote working
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Unexpected hitch of working in a distributed team
It has been about half a year after I became a freelance data scientist. Before my career change, I worked in a distributed team for more than five years. Today,...
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Book review: The Year Without Pants. WordPress.com and the future of work by Scott Berkun
TL;DR Interesting “history of work” book (definitely not “future of work”) with insights on transition-state organizations. Read it if history of work is your thing, or if you work in...
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Everything is NOT just fine (repost)
My job wasn’t affected by the COVID madness in almost any way. I used to work from home before, and I work from home now, none on my customers cancelled...
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The single most important thing about remove 1:1 meetings
The COVID-19 lockdown forced many organizations to a remote work mode. Recently, I spoke with three managers from three “conventional” companies and all the three told me how surprisingly efficient...
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Tips for making remote presentations
Before becoming a freelancer data scientist, I used to work in a distributed company. Remote communication, including remote presentations were the norm for me, long before the remote work experiment...
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How I got a dream job in a distributed company and why I am leaving it
One night, in January 2014, I came back home from work after spending two hours commuting in each direction. I was frustrated and started Googling for “work from home” companies....
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Working in a distributed company. Communication styles
I work at Automattic, one of the largest distributed companies in the world. Working in a distributed company means that everybody in this company works remotely. There are currently about...