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Airbnb’s design to live and work anywhere

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Re: Airbnb’s design to live and work anywhere

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Post by rcpt »

gnfargbl wrote: post #373
noduerme wrote: post #337

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Yes, I did. The whole point is that I wasn't just a one-or-two-day ghost. I lived in these places for as I said 3-6 months (in one case almost a year). So I knew my neighbors, and treated them as I would neighbors in any other apartment I rented as a regular tenant. [edit] I should just add that I'm as embarrassed to make noise or screw with anyone's living space as a homeowner as I was as a tenant. I could make $400…

What it is that leads you to believe the 3-6 months thing is so significant? There are (a very small proportion of) AirBnB guests who are awful. There are (a very small proportion of) longer-term tenants who are awful. At least with AirBnB, the awful guests are gone after a couple of nights. I know some AirBnBs are used as party destinations, and that's different -- but it's a problem with those hosts, not with the p…

There are awful homeowners to. Based on Nextdoor I'd wager the fraction of them is higher than the other groups

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Post by ajkjk »

dinvlad wrote: post #97
ajkjk wrote: post #93

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Obligatory reminder that this stance isn't universal and some people do like open floor plans (such as myself).

For sure - although it's always interesting to hear what people like or not about it, and how they work around issues like distractions/attention scatter and the pure "don't watch over my shoulder when I need to check HN". Maybe it all depends on personal sensitivity to such things and the ability to focus/zone in to the music, but that still feels like a coping mechanism rather than something that naturally comes to…

I think it depends a lot on your emotional approach to work. For me, I'm a decently good engineer, but at my heart I'm quite extroverted and the thing I like most about working is being around smart people and making friends and stuff. The engineering itself is not the core of my existence, it's getting to live the role of the engineer. I guess I also don't mind putting headphones on and focusing, and I really like getting distracted out of that because, well, I like human interaction and helping people and stuff.

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Post by jandrewrogers »

renewiltord wrote: post #277
pvtmert wrote: post #244

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This only works if you are holder of passport of the origin country. As a third world country national, I cannot legally work anywhere except the country I got my work visa. PS: Even if company is multinational corporation.

No one’s gonna know if you are a tourist in Japan for 90 d and you work there remotely. Literally no one. No one will know.

I do not know about Japan specifically, but some developed countries do quietly monitor people that spend significant amounts of time in their country for violations that would require a proper work visa. It is not safe to assume no one will know -- I know of cases like this where people were flagged.

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Post by digianarchist »

renewiltord wrote: post #277
pvtmert wrote: post #244

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This only works if you are holder of passport of the origin country. As a third world country national, I cannot legally work anywhere except the country I got my work visa. PS: Even if company is multinational corporation.

No one’s gonna know if you are a tourist in Japan for 90 d and you work there remotely. Literally no one. No one will know.

As long as we are acknowledging that this isn’t allowed.

I know a lot of countries turn a blind eye to enforcing immigration and labor laws. Thailand being one of them.

Even Pieter Levels works out of Thailand and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a Thai work permit.

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Post by lostcolony »

bchanudet wrote: post #312
lostcolony wrote: post #201

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Yeah; the few times I've suggested friends apply for jobs where I work, it's always been with the understanding "in a department different than mine". It's "hey, the culture, comp, and work here is pretty good, you might like it", not "let's work together".

I think what they suggested is actually the reverse: coworkers becoming friends, not friends becoming coworkers. It makes sense in a way, when you spend 7+ hours a day with those people, you're bound to find some common interests that could bring you closer. What's hard is maintaining those friendships once they're no longer coworkers, as usually those "common interests" are mostly about the company's.

The comment I was responding to listed "and it was when I encouraged a few friends to apply at my company" as the only time they had #1 happen. I was responding to that.

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Post by dominotw »

rcpt wrote: post #495
post_break wrote: post #474

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If you're a renter this is squatter bait. You better know the squatter rules before ever considering doing rentals off the books like that.

I don't follow

legal system makes it next to impossible to kickout a squatter. Someone can live rent free for years.

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Post by almost_usual »

2rsf wrote: post #301
somethoughts wrote: post #112

I'm kinda of curious how this works if you are remote: "Most of you should expect to gather in person every quarter for about a week at a time. Some roles, especially senior roles, will be expected to gather more often. We’ll do our best to define windows when most large team off-sites will occur and give you plenty of notice so you can make it work with personal and family plans." Is this like just plan to be in the…

It is also not clear who will pay for travelling, if you can work from anywhere but must be in a very specific place and time then travel cost can be significant. Assume I want to work from a small town in North Sweden where housing is really affordable while internet is still fast how will I get to SF?

WOW airlines used to have a round trip $300 flight from Stockholm to SFO. No food, no water.

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Post by dominotw »

pkdpic wrote: post #128

Ive worked for a coding bootcamp since before covid. We used to be in person only and Ive gotten to see the ups and downs of the full-remote transition for at this point hundreds of jr devs entering the field. Long story short everything I thought would get negative blowback or go up in flames didnt. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and it never does. Our students work through around 1000 hours of computer s…

> I still can't believe there's no catch

mountain towns would like to have a word here.

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