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Comment #17149662
This is definitely a very useful heuristic and one I follow. I might put "Is it supported?" in the first questions group though, especially if the project is for work and you need …
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Comment #15504217
Nice, have you been working remotely the last few years?
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Comment #15500549
I've found being able to migrate from coffee shop to coffee shop is very effective in helping me get unstuck from problems. Not sure if it's the 15 minute break that comes with tra…
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Comment #15498715
For pair programming you might try using Screenhero. Or screenshare using Skype or whatever IM tool you use (lag can be an issue if you have a slow network connection)
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Comment #15475477
I'd rather just not interview at companies that have these kinds of interviews and save myself the hassle.
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Comment #15469940
Are you a remote worker yourself? It's probably going to be hard to understand the problems if you haven't experienced them yourself.
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Comment #15410229
These are good ones. Also: Meetups, going to coffee shops, and joining online remote worker communities/Slack channels (although this is just online, not in person). I wfh and go t…
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Comment #15295031
Agreed - I've often thought that having to learn these new frameworks will ultimately lead to terminal juniority. I get that each framework does things differently, and you can lea…
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Comment #15293880
Good point. Wonder how much more frequently we're going to start seeing issues like this.
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Comment #15269754
Many people do not understand UX and its role, but in my experience UX teams do not really understand how to operate within organizations and adapt to processes either.
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Comment #15244407
Any IT/Software job where human contact is minimal is on the chopping block, ripe for automation... I think interacting with people is unavoidable.
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Comment #15212900
If they can punish those Sumo Me fullscreen popups that ask for your email everytime you're 2 seconds into the page, that would be great.
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Comment #15195475
I'm one hour behind my team so it's pretty easy. We do have some offshore contractors who work from India which is about 10 hours difference I think. We only have about 2-3 hours o…
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Comment #15187721
There's a lot of things to address here. First, I don't think wanting to move to Italy or Switzerland, especially because it's for your children's benefit, is a stupid thing. I wis…
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Comment #14871108
I hear that - being a remote worker the social isolation can sometimes get to you. As for online communities - I'm a member of the Remotive.io Slack group which is fairly active (i…