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Hi, I’m @lexrodba
Remote teamsChances are, you’re one too
• Java developer 8+ years
Freelancer
IT consulting 5+ years
Two stillborn startups
Launched MarsBased
Background
How do we call this?• Entrepreneurship?
• Remote working?
• Digital nomad?
• Show-off?
• Hipster?
• Starbucks bum?
No office
Yes office
TravelNo travel
Breaking the myth
How do they earn my trust?
How can I see if they’re really working?
What if they slack off all day?
How will they come to my office?
Wrong
• Most of this assumptions come from back xp.
• You’re probably not good at delegating.
• You get what you pay for.
Traditional companies
• No work? I’ll check FB.
• Too much work? I’ll check FB.
• No company culture.
• Low employee engagement.
Pros of remote• Flexible schedules
• No routine
• Flexible calendar
• More travel time
• More creativity
Shopping list• Excellent communication
skills
• Discipline
• High availability
• Collaboration tools
• Open-minded• Creativity
Choosing the tools• You will use the wrong ones• Again• And again• And again• Until you find the right ones…• … only for some time.
• Go back to start.
Quality over quantity
Company cultureTools should be aligned with your culture
• Rails: Basecamp, Github, Redbooth, Quipu• Remote: Trello, Buffer, Basecamp, Slack • Simplicity: Trello, Basecamp, Appear, Slack• Transparency: Trello, Buffer, Ghost
Basecamp
Slack
Trello
Google suite
Gdrive / Dropbox
Appear.in
Communication stack
Basecamp
• Centralisation
• Client-friendly
• Reduces email
• Decisions here
Slack
• Best chat ever
• Killer apps
• Integrations
• Team-only
• Slackbot
Trello
• Dev-friendly
• GTD
• Task-managing
Google suiteFree
100% uptime
Shut up & take my privacy
Video toolsWe use appear.in but Hangouts was cool too
Some tips• Don’t stretch the day
• 2 hours of overlap between time zones
• Reply ASAP, deal with it later
• Company activities & retreats every now and then
• Talk about it openly
Reading list
• Read Remote: Office Not Required
• Read Buffer’s blog
• Read Trello’s blog
• Follow @levelsio on Twitter
How do we call this?
Let’s call it working