Pointer: What Current & Future Engineering Leaders Read

Leaders, Are You Ready to Manage Remote Teams?

- Vy Luu

Remote
Management

tl;dr: Article cites companies doing remote work well, their top-down approach, and the pain-points felt along the way.

featured in #145

- Julia Evans

Remote

tl;dr: Julia, an engineer at Stripe, gives her perspective on working remotely by answering the following questions - Will I miss out on conversations in the office? How will communication work? Will people forget I exist? Can I take responsibility for really important projects? Can I get promoted? Can I be a leader?

featured in #140

Happy Tools

- Automattic

Remote

tl;dr: Scheduling tool designed to help "tackle a problem that plagues companies like ours - scheduling in a modern, distributed work environment."

featured in #139

Setting Boundaries At Your Job As A Programmer

- Itamar Turner-Trauring

TeamDynamics
Remote

tl;dr: Some thoughts on how to set boundaries - don't ask for prep work before starting a new job, don't setup work email or slack on your phone or personal computer. Don't take your laptop on vacation.

featured in #136

The Problems in Remote Working

- Ryan Hoover

Remote

tl;dr: Issues are loneliness, ability to disconnect, distractions (cats on keyboards 🐱), missing out on watercooler talk & poor quality communications tools. Also, remote members fear their work is judged more.

featured in #133

State Of Remote Work