NoDesk: Issue #146
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
Software Architect / Code Reviewer / Mentor at Arcanys - Remote (Worldwide)
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)
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)
Senior Product Designer at Kiva - Remote (US)
Latest Jobs
Customer Success Manager at Grafana Labs - Remote (Worldwide)
Data Scientist at Udacity - Remote (US)
Front End Engineer at ReCharge - Remote (US)
iOS (Swift) Developer at ProtonMail - Remote (Europe)
Principal Product Designer at TED - Remote (US)
Business Development Associate at SecurityScorecard - Remote (US)
Business Development Representative at ContentFly - Remote (Worldwide)
Commercial Strategy and Operations Intern at Verily - Remote (US)
Product Design Lead at Tribe - Remote (Worldwide)
UX/UI Designer at Impala - Remote (EMEA)
Compliance Operations Specialist at Twilio - Remote (US)
Customer Success Director (EMEA) at SecurityScorecard - Remote (Europe)
Data Platforms Intern at Verily - Remote (US)
Director of Social and Community at Zero - Remote (Worldwide)
Growth Marketer at DeepSource - Remote (India)
Technical Recruiter at Labelbox - Remote (Worldwide)
Advertising Manager, EMEA at Okta - Remote (UK)
Call Center Representative at Sendwave - Remote (Kenya, Senegal)
Content Intern at Alloy - Remote (Worldwide)
Data Science Intern at Verily - Remote (US)
Product Designer, Platform at DeepSource - Remote (India)
Senior Accountant, COGS at Twilio - Remote (US)
Customer Support Representative at Sendwave - Remote (Canada, US)
Developer at AmmaCreative - Remote (Worldwide)
Developer Advocate at DNSimple - Remote (Worldwide)
Director of Product Marketing at Webflow - Remote (US)
Head of Music Product Marketing at Twitch - Remote (Worldwide)
Staff Product Designer at Okta - Remote (Worldwide)
UX Designer at Zero - Remote (Worldwide)
Account Manager at Shogun - Remote (Canada, US)
Business Analyst at Reify Health - Remote (US)
Customer Account Manager at B12 - Remote (US)
Event Marketing Producer at General Assembly - Remote (US)
Frontend Engineer at Otis - Remote (US)
Senior Brand Strategist - Twitter Next at Twitter - Remote (US)
Senior Product Manager at FormAssembly - Remote (Worldwide)
Technical Recruiter at ReCharge - Remote (Canada, US)
Business Development Representative at Clearbit - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Account Executive at DigitalOcean - Remote (Canada, US)
Senior Platform Engineer at Omada Health - Remote (US)
Staff Product Designer - Messaging at Twilio - Remote (US)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
The future of work is written
Juan Pablo Buriticá | Increment
Exploring the opportunities of asynchronous communication and the (conscientiously) written word.
Time Awareness or How I Found Time for Life While Working Remotely
Ilya Zayats | About Time
Since the last March, like a lot of other people, I was forced to work remotely. It was not the first time, but somehow it went different. I quickly found out that not having a context switch between the office and home forced me into non-healthy behaviors like giving work all the available time.
Employers Plan To Shift Office Expenses to Employees
Tina L. Smith | The Startup
Engage employees in planning for a productive, creative work environment that cultivates the best of working from home (flexibility, somewhat reduced office space) with the best of working in the office (innovation, collaboration, teamwork). Share the bounty of cost savings to cover their increased costs.
What are subtle red flags at a job interview that say “working here would suck”?
pbourree | Reddit
“Well, the overtime isn’t mandatory, but most folks stick around after hours most days.”
“Yea, everyone here is new, but it’s totally because of covid”
‘There’s a lot of people waiting in line to work here, count yourself lucky.’
“You’ll be wearing many hats”
“We work hard and we play hard.”
No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees
Sahil Lavingia
Today, working at Gumroad resembles working on an open source project like Rails. Except it’s neither open source, nor unpaid.
Instead of having meetings, people “talk” to each other via GitHub, Notion, and (occasionally) Slack, expecting responses within 24 hours. Because there are no standups or “syncs” and some projects can involve expensive feedback loops to collaborate, working this way requires clear and thoughtful communication.
1,273 People Share Their Best Life Lessons from 2020
Mark Manson
Even if 2020 was one long dumpster fire of a year, we sure learned a lot about ourselves. Here’s what nearly 1300 people had to say about it.
Remote is the new normal
The 2020s will be about making work, work for people
Offices will make a comeback
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