NODESK: Issue #117
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity.
By Daniel (@nodeskco).
Remote Jobs
More than 850,000 people each year trust NODESK to help them find a remote job.
Featured Jobs
Open Source JavaScript Senior Developer at Frontity - Remote
Senior Product Designer at Kiva - Remote in US
System Safety Engineer at Tidepool - Remote
Technical Writer at Semaphore - Remote
Data Engineer (NCMEC) at Thorn - Remote in US
IT Security Engineer at Thorn - Remote in US
Senior Data Scientist at Thorn - Remote in US
Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Thorn - Remote in US
Senior Software Engineer at Thorn - Remote in US
Senior Software Engineer (Safer) at Thorn - Remote in US
Latest Jobs
Business Development Representative at ChartMogul - Remote in Canada
Content Manager at Wikimedia Foundation - Remote
Customer Outcomes Manager at Sonatype - Remote in UK
Member Advocate at Sana - Remote
Senior Product Designer at Cameo - Remote in US
Senior Product Designer, Growth at Coursera - Remote in US
Senior Software Engineer at Planet - Remote
Designer / Frontend Engineer at Nava - Remote in US
Growth Marketing Manager at Labelbox - Remote
Senior Customer Support Specialist at Pitch - Remote in Canada or US
Sr. Developer Marketing Manager at Fauna - Remote in US
Account Manager at Prelim - Remote in US
Senior Backend Developer (Python) at Doist - Remote
Senior Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at GitHub - Remote in Canada or US
Senior Product Manager at Axios - Remote in US
Senior User Experience Researcher at Mozilla - Remote in US
Senior UX Designer at Givelify - Remote
Creative Support Agent (EU) at Podia - Remote in Europe
Manager, Developer Evangelism - North America at Twilio - Remote in Canada or US
Product Manager at Draftbit - Remote
Product Manager at Help Scout - Remote
Sales Account Executive at Maze - Remote in Canada, Europe or US
Senior Backend Engineer, Core Growth at Reddit - Remote
Community Intern at Reedsy - Remote in Canada, Europe or US
Customer Support Associate (US & Canada) at AgileBits - Remote in Canada or US
Principal Product Designer, Search and Discovery at HubSpot - Remote in US
Senior Product Designer (Temporary) at 15Five - Remote in US
Business Development Representative at Workable - Remote
Desktop (C# or C++) Software Developer at LIV - Remote
Sales Engineer at JetBrains - Remote
Featured Remote Company
This week I highlight Frontity.
Frontity is a distributed, vibrant tech startup born in Madrid, Spain. Their mission is to help people build performant, scalable websites with WordPress and React easily.
The Frontity Framework is built on the principles of simplicity and collaboration, while using open source technology and embracing a community of people who love the open web.
Frontity recently raised a €1M funding round led by Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and WooCommerce, and the venture capital firm K Fund, with participation from significant business angels of the Spanish startup ecosystem.
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
What If Working From Home Goes on … Forever?
Clive Thompson | The New York Times
Miserable as it can often be, remote work is surprisingly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.
How Remote Teams Win With Retention
Brenna Loury | Ambition & Balance - by Doist
Doist’s Head of Marketing on how building a culture of trust, calm, and flexibility has led to the company’s 98% retention rate.
Do you have the right personality traits for remote work?
Tomoko Yokoi | Quartz
As remote work evolves into a long-term reality, our discussions about it need to move beyond the deployment of digital technologies and the understandably awkward adjustment period to life outside of the office. It’s time to start thinking about remote work as a skill set that can be developed and honed.
Why You’re Constantly Misunderstood on Slack (and How to Fix It)
Angela Lashbrook | OneZero
Because we haven’t been talking on Slack for hundreds of years, there aren’t foundations guiding our behavior and interpretations, making it that much easier for the meaning behind someone’s message to be ambiguous.
Estonia Woos Remote Workers With A Digital Nomad Visa
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher | Forbes
The Baltic country and EU member is the latest in a handful of countries to create a so-called “digital nomad visa” in the hopes of attracting remote workers to live — and, of course, spend money — inside their borders. For applicants, the key criteria is being able to demonstrate steady remote income.
On Travel Writing
Jason Wilson | Guernica
In the absence of travel, what is a travel writer to do?
Remote international work is a bigger threat to the western middle class than automation.
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