NoDesk: Issue #170
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 UX Designer at THorn - Remote (US)
Senior React Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
VP Engineering at mStable - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Javascript Developer at VIBBIO - Remote (Europe)
Engineering Manager at Theorem - Remote (UTC-3 to UTC-8)
Experienced Backend Engineer - Ruby at Theorem - Remote (UTC+1 to UTC-8)
Product Manager at Theorem - Remote (UTC -8 to +1)
Full Stack Engineer at Facet Wealth - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at AhoyConnect - Remote (Worldwide)
Backend (Ruby) Engineer at AhoyConnect - Remote (Worldwide)
Remote Operations Consultant at Asamby Consulting - Remote (Worldwide)
Business Development Manager at Chorus One - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Java Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Front End Engineer at Creatively Squared - Remote (Worldwide)
Fullstack JavaScript Engineer at ScalingFunds - Remote (Worldwide)
Sysadmin / DevOps Administrator at Open Tech Strategies - Remote (Worldwide)
Head of People & Culture at Thorn - Remote (US)
Chief of Staff/Operations Support at NannyML - Remote (Europe)
Content Editor at Linktree - Remote (US)
Technical Writer at Semaphore - Remote (Worldwide)
js-waku: Wallet & Dapp Integration Developer at Status - Remote (Worldwide)
React Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior WordPress Backend Developer at BuddyBoss - Remote (Worldwide)
Director of Content at Semaphore - Remote (Worldwide)
Latest Jobs
Business Systems Analyst, Salesforce at Slack - Remote (India)
Commercial Account Executive - Australia, NZ + Asia at PagerDuty - Remote (Australia)
Customer Success Manager, Onboarding at Animalz - Remote (Worldwide)
Happiness Engineer at Automattic - Remote (Worldwide)
Head of Sales at Crate.io - Remote (Europe)
Inside Sales Representative at Gusto - Remote (US)
Support Engineer at Sonatype - Remote (US - Western)
Account Executive at Automattic - Remote (Worldwide)
Customer Success Manager at CareMessage - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at Gremlin - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager (Portuguese or Spanish) at Hopin - Remote (Americas)
Junior Accountant at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Marketing Manager at Figma - Remote (US)
Regional Marketing Manager, Accelerator Programs (EMEA) at Techstars - Remote (EMEA)
SEO Marketing Manager at 1Password - Remote (Canada, UK, US)
Account Executive at Anagram - Remote (US)
Commercial Financial Analyst at Twilio - Remote (US)
Copywriter/Editor at DigitalOcean - Remote (Canada, US)
Customer Support Hero at Carrot - Remote (US)
Designer Advocate - Europe at Figma - Remote (Europe)
Junior Product Designer at Axios - Remote (US)
Sales Operations Manager at PagerDuty - Remote (Canada)
Senior Android Engineer at Flipboard - Remote (Canada, US)
Senior Product Marketing Manager at Buffer - Remote (Worldwide)
Technical Account Manager at Gong - Remote (US)
Account Associate (EMEA) at Hotjar - Remote (EMEA)
Content Marketer, Customer Stories (Contractor) at Twilio - Remote (US)
Events Manager at Gremlin - Remote (US)
Presentation Designer at GitHub - Remote (Canada, US)
Security Incident Response Lead - Detection & Response at Cloudflare - Remote (US)
Senior Sales Engineer - Account Management at Fastly - Remote (US)
Communications Specialist at Gusto - Remote (US)
Sales Development Representative at ConvertKit - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at DuckDuckGo - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Product Manager at Labelbox - Remote (US)
Cloud Systems Engineer at Apollo - Remote (Europe, US)
Data Scientist, Product Analytics at Gusto - Remote (US)
Inside Sales Representative (Commercial - EMEA) at GitLab - Remote (EMEA)
Marketing Operations Manager at Twilio - Remote (US)
Principal Product Designer, Mobile at Medium - Remote (US)
SEO Manager at ConvertKit - Remote (US)
Business Development Representative - DACH at HubSpot - Remote (Germany)
Corporate Summer Internship at Tuft & Needle - Remote (US)
Creator Growth Internship, Swapstack at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Machine Learning Engineer, Video Recommendations at Reddit - Remote (Worldwide)
Operations Lead at ClassDojo - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Marketing Manager at 15Five - Remote (US)
Senior Brand Copywriter at Sketch - Remote (Worldwide)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
Does Your Company Need A Head Of Remote?
Laurel Farrer | Forbes
First things first, let’s define what a Head of Remote is responsible for and how they fit into an organization that is adopting workplace flexibility long-term. It may feel safe in assuming that this role oversees the virtual portion of a workforce (as the title would suggest). However, the objectives are a bit more complex than that.
Interview: Marc Andreessen, VC and tech pioneer
Noahpinion | Noah Smith
Second, it’s hard to overstate the positive shock that remote work works. Remote work isn’t perfect, there are problems, but virtually every CEO I’ve talked to over the last year marvels at how well it works. And remote work worked under the extreme duress of a pandemic, with all of the human impact of lockdowns and children unable to go to school and people being unable to see their friends and extended families. It will work even better out of COVID. Companies of all shapes, sizes, and descriptions are retooling their assumptions on geographic footprint, where jobs are located, where employees are located, how offices are configured, and if there should be offices at all.
Many people don’t want to work unless it’s from home
Rani Molla | Vox
There are more remote jobs than ever. That doesn’t mean you’ll get one.
One Japanese company’s approach to remote work: Pay up to stay home
Pavel Alpeyev, Yuki Furukawa | The Japan Times
Disco Corp., a Japanese maker of semiconductor equipment, has a novel approach to remote work — those who choose to stay home pay the colleagues who brave the commute to show up in the office.
Remote Work Is the New Signing Bonus
Chip Cutter, Kathryn Dill | The Wall Street Journal
“Remote is going to be the new signing bonus,” he says. “Instead of dangling, ‘We’ll give you $10,000 if you sign for this job,’ it’ll be: ‘Instead of having to commute 35 minutes every day, go to work, and get in your car and drive 35 minutes home, you can work from your home office all the time.'”
Do Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It.
Claire Cain Miller | The New York Times
For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine what work might look like.
We’re Fumbling the Return to Physical Offices
Gleb Tsipursky | Scientific American
Many executives are falling victim to a number of well-known psychological biases in their push to end remote working.
I predict few companies will be “fully flexible” by 2023.
Writing effectively
This is what remote work means y’all
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