NoDesk: Issue #139
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 Software Engineer at Semaphore - Remote (Europe)
Full-Stack Engineer (Ruby on Rails & Vue.js) at Ziggu - Remote (Europe, UK)
Web Designer at Mysterium Network - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Backend / Cloud Engineer at Archilogic - Remote (Europe)
Lead Product Designer at Confrere - Remote (Africa, Europe)
Sr. Front End Engineer at Hip eCommerce - Remote (US)
Sales Development Representative at Dyspatch - Remote (Canada)
Growth Marketer at Optimal - Remote (US)
Sr. Recruiter at Hip eCommerce - Remote (US)
Video Editor at iPhone Photography School - Remote (Worldwide)
Head of Marketing at Larvol - Remote (Worldwide)
Head of Backend Development at Doist - Remote (Worldwide)
Frontend Tech Lead at Piktochart - Remote (Asia, Europe)
Head of Engineering at Piktochart - Remote (Asia, Europe)
Head of UI/UX at Piktochart - Remote (Asia, Europe)
Senior Digital Product Designer at Top European Sports Organization - Remote (Europe)
Software Engineer (API/Infrastructure) at Argyle - Remote (Europe, Latin America, North America)
Software Engineer (Crawling/Reverse Engineering) at Argyle - Remote (Europe, Latin America, North America)
Head of Product at Doist - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Android Developer at Doist - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior iOS Developer at Doist - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Marketing Analytics Contractor at Kiva - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at Kiva - Remote (US)
Latest Jobs
Customer Success Manager at GitHub - Remote (India)
People Operations Coordinator at CircleCI - Remote (Canada, US)
Product Marketing & Product Partnerships Mgr (EU) at ChartMogul - Remote (Europe)
Senior Front-End Engineer at Axios - Remote (US)
Staff Software Engineer, Product at Glitch - Remote (US)
Technical Writer, SDK at Magic Leap - Remote (Worldwide)
Marketing Operations Specialist at Gremlin - Remote (US)
Product Manager at Maze - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Legal Counsel at CircleCI - Remote (US)
Visual Journalist, Editorial Illustration at Axios - Remote (US)
Account Executive - Mid-Market at HubSpot - Remote (US)
Engineering Manager at Clubhouse - Remote (Worldwide)
Frontend Developer at Bearer - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Manager at Sana - Remote (US)
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at 15Five - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at Ably - Remote (UK)
Lead Artist at CodeCombat - Remote (Worldwide)
Legal Counsel at BetterUp - Remote (US)
Python Developer at Scrapinghub - Remote (Worldwide)
Test Engineering Manager at Imperfect Foods - Remote (US)
Associate General Counsel, Transactions & Corporate at Even - Remote (US)
Marketing Automations Specialist at Agorapulse - Remote (US)
QA Automation Engineer at Big Nerd Ranch - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at Abstract - Remote (US)
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Slack Connect at Slack - Remote (US)
Software Engineering Intern at Kiva - Remote (US)
Finance Director at Lambda School - Remote (US)
Project Manager - Middle East at Canonical - Remote (EMEA)
UX Software Engineer at Algorithmia - Remote (Canada, US)
Strategic Account Executive at Auth0 - Remote (North America)
Diversity Sourcer at Twitch - Remote (Worldwide)
Program Manager at Fastly - Remote (US)
Engineering Manager, Education at Splice - Remote (US)
Head of Client Success at RebelMouse - Remote (Worldwide)
Company Spotlight
This week I highlight Confrere.
Confrere is a web-based video calling tool for physicians, therapists, and other healthcare providers. That means they want video calls to be easy to use for everyone, while still protecting their security and privacy.
Here's how Confrere works.
Do you want to bring easy-to-use and privacy-focused video calling to healthcare professionals and their patients?
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
5 Tips For Hiring Your First Remote Worker
Rachel Andrea Go | NoDesk
A guest post by Rachel that covers a few tips to help you hire remotely, especially when you’ve never done it before.
Work Here! Tourist-Starved Caribbean Woos Homebound Workers
Jim Wyss | Bloomberg
With traditional tourism hammered by the pandemic and many in Europe and North America working from home amid shorter days and dropping temperatures, islands across the Caribbean are trying to attract longer-term
No Office, No Problem: Software Unicorn Gitlab's CEO Warns You're Probably Doing Remote Work Wrong
Alex Konrad | Forbes
Dutch-born Sid Sijbrandij built a developer-tool business valued at nearly $3 billion without ever opening an office. Now he’s cautioning companies against doing telecommuting halfway.
Small Cities Are A Big Draw For Remote Workers During The Pandemic
Jon Marcus | NPR
More young, well-paid and well-educated people are relocating permanently from big metro areas such as Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and New York to small cities such as Burlington, which has a population just under 43,000.
Meet the Travelers Who Are Taking Advantage of Long-term Remote Work Visas in Paradise
Lilly Graves | Travel + Leisure
These adventurous travelers — some with kids — are taking advantage of their new location independence with prolonged stays in popular vacation destinations.
The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done
Cal Newport | The New Yorker
How personal productivity transformed work—and failed to.
Today I reached the next level of remote work excellence
Managing your energy is important
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