NODESK: Issue #120
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
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Featured Jobs
Senior Video Editor & Visual Storyteller at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote
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
System Safety Engineer at Tidepool - 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
Account Executive at Slab - Remote in US
Experienced Full Stack Rails Engineer (West Coast) at Zeal - Remote in US
Marketing Operations Manager at Twilio - Remote in US
Senior Product Design Manager at Webflow - Remote in US
Site Reliability Engineer at Netlify - Remote
Accounts Coordinator at 10up - Remote
Customer Success Manager at Clubhouse - Remote
Email Campaign Manager at Wikimedia Foundation - Remote
Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendations Platform at Twitter - Remote in US
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Kiva - Remote in US
Help Desk Support Specialist at CivicActions - Remote in US
Lead Motion Designer, Design Systems at Twitter - Remote in US
Senior Front End Developer at Pixel Union - Remote in Canada, Latin America or US
Social Media and Marketing Intern at Sendwave - Remote
Sr. Customer Success Manager at MURAL - Remote in Europe
Talent Associate Intern at On Deck - Remote
Human Resources Manager at Game Closure - Remote
Senior Engineer, Classroom and Content at Udacity - Remote
Senior Social Media Manager at MURAL - Remote in US
Support Specialist at Smile.io - Remote
Technical Recruiter (EMEA) at Hotjar - Remote in Europe
Customer Success Manager at Rainforest QA - Remote in US
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
Remote Work — How To Do It Well
Timi Ajiboye | BuyCoins
I’ve been working with people all over the world, almost entirely remotely (from Lagos, Nigeria), as a software developer, project manager, CTO & CEO for more than 6 years now.
Working from home (or anywhere, really) is something that comes naturally to me but I find that a lot of people struggle with it especially in these times.
Is Remote Work Here To Stay?
Greg Rosalsky | NPR
In a previous newsletter, we gave a bearish case for the future of remote work. We spoke with the Stanford psychologist Jeremy Bailenson, whose research shows how existing technologies like Zoom are a poor substitute for face-to-face interactions. A computer screen can’t match the physical office when it comes to opportunities for social bonding, managerial oversight, mentorship and support, and random collisions between colleagues that lead to new ideas.
But there’s also the bullish case for remote work.
Inside the Invasive, Secretive “Bossware” Tracking Workers
Bennett Cyphers, Karen Gullo | EFF
The services often sound relatively innocuous. Some vendors bill their tools as “automatic time tracking” or “workplace analytics” software. Others market to companies concerned about data breaches or intellectual property theft. We’ll call these tools, collectively, “bossware.” While aimed at helping employers, bossware puts workers’ privacy and security at risk by logging every click and keystroke, covertly gathering information for lawsuits, and using other spying features that go far beyond what is necessary and proportionate to manage a workforce.
When everyone can work from home, what’s the office for?
PwC
Office workers say they’d like to have the option to work from home more frequently, even after COVID-19 is no longer a threat. They also want help setting work-life boundaries to improve their own productivity.
Job Interviews Don’t Work
Farnam Street
Better hiring leads to better work environments, less turnover, and more innovation and productivity. When you understand the limitations and pitfalls of the job interview, you improve your chances of hiring the best possible person for your needs.
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at Once
Dan Shipper | Superorganizers
It’s a process I’ve developed called surgical reading and it means that when I’m reading a non-fiction book, I focus on locating and removing the most valuable pieces of information from it quickly as possible. This allows me to read many different books across a single topic at once, so I can look at it from multiple perspectives. My goal is to quickly locate valuable knowledge and use the information I acquire in the real world to solve problems.
Why time feels so weird in 2020
Feilding Cage | Reuters
Some days seem to pass very slowly while some weeks, and even months, fly by. A set of simple perception tests illustrate some factors that can distort our sense of time.
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