NoDesk: Issue #151
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).
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Remote Jobs
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Featured Jobs
Freelance Shopify Developer at Storetasker - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Engineering Manager at Piktochart - Remote (Asia, Europe)
Senior Digital Product Designer at UEFA - Remote (Europe, UK)
Senior Product Designer at Tock - Remote (US)
Senior Software Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (US)
Software Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (US)
Senior Front End Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (US)
Front End Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (US)
Senior Back End Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (US)
Tech Lead at AlphaSights - Remote (UK)
Experienced Front End Software Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (UK)
Engineering Manager at AlphaSights - Remote (UK)
Back End Engineer at AlphaSights - Remote (UK)
Online Maps Quality Analyst at Lionbridge - Remote (US)
Full-Stack Engineer (Node + React) at Cohabs - Remote (Europe)
Product Manager at Theorem - Remote (Worldwide)
Latest Jobs
Brand Communications at Qatalog - Remote (Worldwide)
Brand Design Lead at MessageBird - Remote (EMEA, Latin America, North America)
Contract Recruiter at Gong - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at Raycast - Remote (EMEA)
Customer Success Manager (EMEA) at Hopin - Remote (EMEA)
Developer Relations at Stytch - Remote (US)
Security Intern, Threat Intelligence at Auth0 - Remote (US)
Senior Web Designer (Webflow) at Abstract - Remote (US)
Social Media Manager at Imperfect Foods - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at BetterUp - Remote (US)
Freelance Algolia Developer at Company Confidential - Remote (Worldwide)
Growth Account Executive - EMEA at InVision - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Marketing Manager at Apollo - Remote (US)
Sales and Media Manager at Gravity Payments - Remote (US)
Senior Marketing Manager at Squarespace - Remote (Canada)
Advertising Strategist at Clearbit - Remote (Worldwide)
Content Marketing Associate at ReCharge - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at HackerRank - Remote (US)
Senior Support Engineer (EU Hours) at Netlify - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior UX Researcher at Square - Remote (US)
Visual Designer at Apollo - Remote (US)
Copywriter at ReCharge - Remote (US)
Design Intern, Research Operations at Auth0 - Remote (US)
FP&A Intern at Truveris - Remote (US)
Online Community Manager at Sendwave - Remote (Africa, Europe, North America)
People Operations / Recruiter at Close - Remote (North America)
Product Design Intern at Slack - Remote (US)
Senior SEO Manager at Hopin - Remote (Worldwide)
Software Engineer Intern (2021) at Figma - Remote (US)
Software Engineer, Summer 2021 Intern at Petal - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at Sketch - Remote (Worldwide)
Developer Advocate at Raycast - Remote (EMEA)
Director of Brand Strategy at Tuft & Needle - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Marketing Manager at ConvertKit - Remote (US)
Sales Development Representative at HackerRank - Remote (US)
Email Designer at MailerLite - Remote (Worldwide)
Financial Analyst at Imperfect Foods - Remote (US)
Head of Investor Relations at DigitalOcean - Remote (US)
Product Support Specialist at Shippo - Remote (US)
Marketing Associate at SafeGraph - Remote (North America)
Pre-Sales Engineer at Platform.sh - Remote (Americas)
Technical Writer at Stripe - Remote (North America)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
The Top 5 Things 2020 Taught Us About Remote Work
Lindsay Blakely | Inc.
Whatever the future of work holds, use the lessons of the past year to get smarter about how you work and manage employees from home.
Ask an expert: How can engineers ace their remote job interviews?
Anjuan Simmons | Increment Magazine
Best practices for crafting your resume, doing your research, and—hopefully—landing the job.
Distributed-First Is the Future of Work at Spotify
Spotify
Today, Spotify is proud to introduce Work From Anywhere (WFA), a new way of collaborating that allows Spotifiers to work from wherever they do their best thinking and creating. Through this distributed-first mentality, we are giving employees the opportunity to elect a Work Mode—whether they’d prefer to work mostly at home or in the office—as well as their geographic location.
Measuring the output of remote teams
Radoslav Stankov | Rado's Blog
“Are people working” is the wrong question. The right question is, “are we delivering” and “are we working on the right thing”. I don’t care if the engineers on my team only work 1-2 hours a day, as long as they deliver.
How Levels Does Meetings
Michael Mizrahi | Levels
Since we don’t have an office and can’t rely on everyone being in the same place at the same time, we tend to lean onasynchronous processes instead ofsynchronous meetings.
Reddit Is America’s Unofficial Unemployment Hotline
Ella Koeze | The New York Times
As hiring stalls and the economy shows signs of slowing again, the continued popularity of r/Unemployment underscores how the system remains broken for so many people.
How to succeed with remote and hybrid work
Kevin J. Delaney | Reset Work
Almost a year later, what do we really know about how to manage remote work better? And how can we best prepare for the hybrid work arrangements that many businesses are anticipating post-Covid? For answers, I spoke recently with Tsedal Neeley, a Harvard Business School professor who studies global, virtual workforces.
Remote work train
Getting remote work done vs what work to get done
A 4 day work week?
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