NODESK: Issue #119
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
Product Designer at Tock - Remote in US
Customer Support Executive - North America CT/MT at Close - Remote in US
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
Frontend Engineer, Payments Product at Stripe - Remote in Canada or US
Senior Product Designer at Litmus - Remote in US
Senior Backend Engineer at DuckDuckGo - Remote
Sr. Software Engineer, Payments at Splice - Remote in US
Product Manager at UpMetrics - Remote
Senior Product Designer at AgileBits - Remote in Canada or US
Support Specialist at Shogun - Remote
VP of Operations at Otis - Remote in US
VP, Marketing at Lambda School - Remote in US
Business Development Lead at Lullabot - Remote in US
Customer Care Advocate, Order Management at Articulate - Remote in US
Customer Support Specialist at DonorsChoose - Remote in US
Illustrator Graphic Designer at Namecheap - Remote
Marketing Director at SmartBug Media - Remote in US
Senior React Developer at Sherpany - Remote
Brand Designer & Illustrator at Maze - Remote
Product Marketing Manager at Timescale - Remote
Senior Front-End Engineer at Mozilla - Remote in US
SEO & Outreach Manager at Slite - Remote
Talent Manager, HR and People Operations at CivicActions - Remote in US
Visual/Motion Designer at Pitch - Remote
Inside Sales Representative at DigitalOcean - Remote in Canada or US
Salesforce Business Systems Analyst at Shopify - Remote in Canada, Latin America or US
Senior Director of Accounting at Logikcull - Remote in US
Senior Product Manager at Mixmax - Remote in US
Backend Engineer at Adopt Me - Remote
Featured Remote Company
This week I highlight Close.
Close is building the sales communication platform of the future. Since their founding in 2013, they’ve grown to become a profitable, 100% globally distributed team of 40 people that work from 17 countries.
Being a part of the Close team means:
100% remote-first company
Competitive salary
Bi-annual team retreats
7 weeks paid time off
30 days paid sabbatical after 5 years
Coworking stipend
Paid parental leave (10 wks primary / 4 wks secondary caregiver)
99% paid medical and dental premiums (US residents)
401k matching at 4% (US residents)
Dependent care FSA (US residents)
Join Close and help build the future of selling.
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
Remote-ish: The Remote-First Solution for Hybrid Companies
Twist
Best practices for hybrid teams collaborating across headquarters and home offices.
Remote work: Employers are taking over our living spaces and passing on costs
Richard Shearmur | The Conversation
Employers argue they make considerable savings on real estate when workers shift from office to home work. However, these savings result from passing costs on to workers.
Unless employees are fully compensated, this could become a variant of what urban theorist Andy Merrifield calls parasitic capitalism, whereby corporate profits increasingly rely on extracting value from the public — and now personal — realm, rather than on generating new value.
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
The New Yorker | Kyle Chayka
What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
Tell candidates what to expect from your job interviews
Julia Evans
Different tech companies run their interviews in very different ways, and I think it’s silly to expect candidates to magically intuit how your company’s interview process works.
It sucks for everyone when a candidate is surprised with an unexpected interview.
Airbnb CEO: Travel may never be the same
Mike Allen, Kia Kokalitcheva | Axios
Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky told Axios in an interview that global travel may never fully recover, and that he sees a future where people travel much more within their own countries, possibly for longer stays.
DNs with 2+ years of experience, what was your biggest mistake and how could someone else prevent it?
MarkDMill | Reddit
I’ll go first.
My mistake: I arrived overseas planning to use ATMs to withdraw cash for living expenses. I’ve been in this country before (cash society) and was able to make ATM withdrawals before, so I didn’t think anything about it. But between the first time and the second time, I switched banks…only to find out that my new bank couldn’t service ATMs in the country. I arrived with literally no way to pay for anything.
Tattoos, karaoke and a touch of film noir: What it was like to work with Anthony Bourdain in Thailand
Joe Cummings | CNN
When crew from CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” contacted me in February 2014 to ask for assistance with an upcoming shoot in Thailand, of course I agreed without hesitation.
A thread about the 10 stages of remote work
A lesson on inclusivity
Post-covid solution to the office and remote work
Eulogies about cities
Our Beautiful World
Discover new cultures, people, and places. Get inspired by personal stories, adventure travel, and destinations around the globe.
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