NoDesk: Issue #145
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
Partnerships & Affiliate Program Manager at CloudTalk - Remote (Worldwide)
Sr. Product Manager at Aha! - Remote (North America)
Technical Support Specialist (LATAM Timezones) at Mixmax - Remote (South America)
Lead Data Engineer (Python) at NannyML - Remote (EMEA)
SEO and User Acquisition Manager at CrazyGames - Remote (Africa, Asia, Europe)
Senior Frontend Engineer at Processful - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior/Principal Software Engineer at Chiffer - Remote (Worldwide)
Communications Director at Thorn - Remote (US)
Senior Research Manager at Thorn - Remote (US)
Head of Product at Creatively Squared - Remote (Worldwide)
Technical Editor at Semaphore - Remote (Worldwide)
Partner Marketing Manager at Automattic - Remote (Worldwide)
Latest Jobs
Content Manager at Qatalog - Remote (Worldwide)
Developer Operations Intern at Twitch - Remote (Worldwide)
Entry Level Financial Analyst at 8x8 - Remote (US)
HTML/CSS Specialist at Dockyard - Remote (Worldwide)
Sr. Communications Designer at Imperfect Foods - Remote (US)
Account Executive - Mid Market at Figma - Remote (US)
Principal Product/UX Designer at Clearbit - Remote (Worldwide)
QA Engineer at Abstract - Remote (US)
Recruiting Manager - Inclusion & Diversity at Twitch - Remote (Worldwide)
Reporter at Recorded Future - Remote (US)
Social Media and Community Manager at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Accounting Specialist at Buffer - Remote (Worldwide)
Customer Success Manager at Maze - Remote (North America)
Designer Who Codes at Repl.it - Remote (Latin America, North America)
Front-end Developer – JavaScript at Flightradar24 - Remote (Worldwide)
Junior Product Designer, Growth at Axios - Remote (US)
Product Designer at Sourcegraph - Remote (Worldwide)
Salesforce Administrator at DigitalOcean - Remote (Canada, US)
Site Reliability Engineer at Figma - Remote (US)
Support Community Manager at Udacity - Remote (US)
Bilingual Customer Advocate at vidIQ - Remote (Worldwide)
Creative Project Manager at Superside - Remote (Latin America)
Motion Graphics Designer at Curology - Remote (Worldwide)
People Program Manager at Gong - Remote (US)
Product Designer at WorkOS - Remote (US)
Recruiter at Clearbit - Remote (Worldwide)
Content Marketer at Netlify - Remote (Worldwide)
Copywriter at Webflow - Remote (Worldwide)
Graphic Designer at Superside - Remote (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America)
Partnerships Manager, Academia at mongoDB - Remote (EMEA)
Software Engineer - API at GitHub - Remote (Canada, US)
Art Director at Omada Health - Remote (US)
DevOps Customer Engineer at CircleCI - Remote (Canada, US)
Product Designer at Treehouse - Remote (US)
Project Manager at Grant Street Group - Remote (US)
Staff Accountant at 6sense - Remote (Worldwide)
Technical Recruiter at Datadog - Remote (Europe)
Communications Senior Associate, Consumer at Reddit - Remote (Worldwide)
DevOps Engineer at Olo - Remote (US)
Product Marketing Manager at Litmus - Remote (US)
Program Manager, Privacy at Auth0 - Remote (US)
Senior Marketing Manager at DigitalOcean - Remote (Canada, US)
2021 Android Internship at Big Nerd Ranch - Remote (US)
Customer Support Agent at Sticker Mule - Remote (Boulder, CO)
Data Analyst Intern at Petal - Remote (US)
Legal Intern - Intellectual Property at Slack - Remote (US)
Senior Customer Programs Manager at Rollbar - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at DigitalOcean - Remote (Canada, US)
Staff Designer, Product Design at GitHub - Remote (Europe)
2021 Marketing Internship at Big Nerd Ranch - Remote (US)
Campaign Manager at TaxJar - Remote (US)
Compliance Manager at Even - Remote (US)
Go Developer (EU) at Pex - Remote (Europe)
Product Design Intern at Slack - Remote (US)
Product Design Lead at Mozilla - Remote (Canada, US)
Senior Product Marketing Manager at Gremlin - Remote (US)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
After embracing remote work in 2020, companies face conflicts making it permanent
Paul Sawers | VentureBeat
Despite all the predictions about how COVID-19 could lead to a permanent remote workforce, the truth is likely more nuanced. The pandemic will leave an indelible mark, but the workforce of the near future will probably be something of a hybrid affair.
The Perpetual Disappointment of Remote Work
Richard Cooke | The New Republic
What the troubled history of telecommuting tells us about its future.
3 Tenets of a Strong Remote Culture
Nicholas C. Lovegrove | Harvard Business Review
The leading consulting firms, amongst others, have consistently shown that it’s quite possible to build distinctively strong virtual or hybrid cultures. What can we learn from their experience?
Working From Bed Is Actually Great
Taylor Lorenz | The New York Times
A perfect metaphor for a year of giving up and giving in.
'Don't care about those perks': Employees are no longer staying at companies for a cool culture
Kristina Monllos | Digiday
As employees in industries like tech, advertising and publishing have worked from home for the majority of 2020, the perks of working for a “cool” company with an impeccable office space, amenities like a free lunch, beer and cold brew on tap and ping pong tables have dissipated. What’s left is the work and the company culture over Zoom.
Why being kind to others is good for your health
Marta Zaraska | BBC
While we might all enjoy the warm glow of helping out others or giving up a little of our time for charity, it could be doing us some physical good too.
Remote work gains
Async > remote
Remote work —> work
Bad career advice
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