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I don't have a general solution. We warn all new hires about this problem when they start. Just knowing you will go through this phase is often useful in catching the problem early…

I have been running a fully remote company for more than 5 years now. Some thoughts that have worked for me that are related to this guide: a) Consistent timings - the employee cho…

You are right. Upon, rereading - yes, this is hyperbole. I didn't intend that. My point should have been that he can remember plays when triggered just like a high level chess play…

This line of thinking ends up being applied only to chess, while what you are saying is true about most fields that need human expertise and judgement. LeBron James is famous for b…

I went from a full-time employee to an agency owner (literally one client and one employee for the first ~8 months). Here are some unpleasant surprises I hit along the way: a. hiri…

My company maintains a very popular blog on testing. It has helped us land mutliple clients. We get a few inbound enquiries every month - usually from really small startups and/or …

I have this problem too - both as an employee and as a remote-only employer. I work as QA - not as a developer, though. I also work in a different timezone. I have found people sta…

This article has a random sprinkling of numbers that really do not give you the big picture. Here is some context about the outsourcing industry in India. Good stats to know (assum…

Fellow QA here. I got started with BigQuery because of your post that I noticed on Reddit. Thanks!

The Reddit data set on BigQuery is excellent. My side project is tangentially related to the fact that the Reddit data set has normal folk commenting. I have been using Reddit comm…

I'm an employer that allows near 100% remote work. Remote work comes with its own set of trade-offs that need to be managed. These are the trade-offs I see with my 10-employee comp…

I rarely comment but this story makes me happy enough to do so. I'm a former H1-B with an American Masters degree in STEM. I think this conviction will go a long way in making the …

Chennai is my native place and yes, it's cheaper than Bangalore but by less than 20%. Can you update your profile with your email or email me, I'd like details on the $60 office sp…

Your numbers on most things are way off. I returned home end of last year and setup shop this year in Bangalore. I have access to Naukri's database of quality assurance engineers a…

I am understanding it differently, may be because after much deliberation I fell into the same position. I interpret the parent comment to mean that the questions posed are very, v…

>>"Engineering is such a young industry that I'm not sure we've really faced (1) yet (since the number of people who started engineering in the 70s is but a drop in the ocean compa…

The balance of power between corporation politician is different in India. Politicians usually, but not always, have more power.

This OP-ed in 'The Hindu' gives you more context: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-curious-case-of-vi... Key quote: >>" Since August 2011, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Com…

Well expressed idea and worth watching. Key point is that we think of 'overhead' and 'cause' as separate things in a charity, like overhead does not count towards the cause and hen…

ah, did not catch that - sorry :)

Unfair tone. I hope it was in jest. My life is not all about productivity. There is a leisure aspect as well: http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008728

One point the author, perhaps prevented by modesty, does not make is that he/she too is a good negotiator. He/She wanted to make it work - actually recognized the efforts of their …

Thank you. I read all the posts in the section Founder's mindset- the posts are of the right length for me :) I also found the mentions of Trollope ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…